Council Business Paper 12 August 2013

BUSINESS PAPER ORDINARY MEETING OF COUNCIL

To be held at 6.00pm on

Monday 12 August 2013

Council Chambers, Level 10, Council Administration Building, 41 Burelli Street, Wollongong

Order of Business Members 1 Acknowledgement of Traditional Lord Mayor – Owners Councillor Gordon Bradbery OAM (Chair) 2 Civic Prayer Deputy Lord Mayor – 3 Apologies Councillor John Dorahy 4 Disclosures of Pecuniary Interest Councillor Michelle Blicavs 5 Petitions and Presentations Councillor David Brown 6 Confirmation of Minutes – Ordinary Councillor Leigh Colacino Council Meeting 22 July 2013 Councillor Chris Connor 7 Confirmation of Minutes – Councillor Bede Crasnich Extraordinary Council Meeting 29 July 2013 Councillor Vicki Curran 8 Public Access Forum Councillor Janice Kershaw 9 Lord Mayoral Minute ALWAYS Councillor Ann Martin 10 Urgent Items ALWAYS LEAVE N Councillor Jill Merrin 11 Notice(s) of Motion Councillor Greg Petty 12 Call of the Agenda Councillor George Takacs 13 Agenda Items

QUORUM – 7 MEMBERS TO BE PRESENT

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ITEM E Lord Mayoral Minute - Acknowledgement of Service to Council - Peter Kofod (CM202/13) ...... A1

ITEM F Lord Mayoral Minute - Acknowledgement of University of Wollongong and TAFE Illawarra Team Winning the 2013 Solar Decathlon ...... A2

ITEM A Councillor Curran - Continued Concern Regarding Proposed NSW Planning Legislation (CM194/13) ...... 1

ITEM B Councillor Martin - Permanent Air Quality Monitoring at Gloucester Boulevard, Port Kembla (CM195/13) ...... 5

ITEM C Councillor Merrin - Asbestos Disposal Facility in Wollongong (CM196/13) ...... 7

ITEM D Councillor Merrin - Reduce Single-Use Plastic Bags in Wollongong (CM197/13) ...... 8

ITEM 1 Smoke Free Arts Precinct (CM192/13) ...... 10

ITEM 2 Illawarra Regional Food Strategy (CM144/13) ...... 15

ITEM 3 Destination Wollongong - Council Independent Board Appointment (CM191/13) ...... 20

ITEM 4 Live Music Taskforce - Community Member Nominee (CM199/13) ...... 23

ITEM 5 Revoking of Policy - Rentals - Illawarra Community Housing Trust Ltd (CM160/13) ...... 25

ITEM 6 Revoking of Policy - Camping on Land Owned and Controlled by Council (CM162/13) ...... 27

ITEM 7 June 2013 Financials (CM200/13) ...... 30

ITEM 8 Statement of Investments - June 2013 (CM190/13) ...... 36

ITEM 9 Minutes of the City of Wollongong Traffic Committee meeting held 17 July 2013 and Electronic Meeting held 30 July 2013 (CM193/13) ...... 39

ITEM 10 LATE BUSINESS - Financial Sustainability Update ...... 42

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REF: CM202/13 File: Z13/149062 LORD MAYORAL MINUTE - ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF SERVICE TO ITEM E COUNCIL - PETER KOFOD

On the 28 February 1977 Council employed Peter Kofod, a young fresh-faced Civil Engineering Cadet, on $127.85 per week. Over the next 36 years, Peter was promoted through the Engineering ranks to senior management, and in 1993 was appointed Manager Design. In 2007 Peter was successful in attaining the role of Executive Manager Governance and Planning and, on 22 August 2013, will see his last day in the role of Director Infrastructure and Works – Connectivity, Assets and Liveable City. Peter has devoted his service to Wollongong City Council for 36 years, with approximately 35,000 hours spent in meetings, planning, designing and renewing our City’s infrastructure, including overseeing 717 buildings, 506 kms of footpaths/cycleways, and 890 kms of roads.

I THEREFORE MOVE THAT on behalf of the community, Council express its gratitude to Peter Kofod for 36 years of dedicated service to Wollongong and his stewardship of our City’s infrastructure.

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REF: CM220/13File: Z13/151446 LORD MAYORAL MINUTE - ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF UNIVERSITY ITEM F OF WOLLONGONG AND TAFE ILLAWARRA TEAM WINNING THE 2013 SOLAR DECATHLON

Solar Decathlon China was hosted by the US Department of Energy, the Chinese National Energy Administration and Peking University. The challenge was to design, build and operate an advanced and appealing solar-powered house that was not only energy efficient but was also cost effective to build within the theme Brighten the Future - Harmonize the World. Team UOW’s Illawarra Flame house retrofit competed against 24 teams from 14 different countries around the world in the finals of the 2013 Solar Decathlon China. Team UOW's entry in the 2013 Solar Decathlon represented the biggest student-run competition the University of Wollongong has entered. Team UOW is the first team from an Australian university to ever win a place in a Solar Decathlon final.

The Illawarra Flame house was built in Wollongong and then shipped to Datong, China. By transforming an unsustainable fibro house into a sustainable, attractive and efficient home, Team UOW is shaping Australia’s housing future. Yesterday, Team UOW consisting of members from the University of Wollongong and TAFE Illawarra was announced as the winner of the Solar Decathlon China 2013 finals ahead of 19 other entries from around the globe! The team received the following awards for their Illawarra Flame House at the first Solar Decathlon China finals: • First Place in the Solar Decathlon China Final - with 957.6 of a possible 1000 points • Juried contests - First place in ‘Engineering’ - First place in ‘Architecture’ - First place in ‘Solar Application’

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- Second place in ‘Communications’ - Second place in ‘Market Appeal’ • Measured contests - First place in ‘Energy Balance’ - First place in ‘Hot Water’ - Second place in ‘Appliances’ I THEREFORE MOVE THAT, as proud sponsors of Team UOW (collaborative effort of UOW and TAFE Illawarra students and staff), Wollongong City Council congratulates the following team members for their outstanding efforts in winning the Solar Decathlon 2013 in Datong China with their entry of the Illawarra Flame House. Wollongong City Council would like to acknowledge this outstanding effort which positions our region as world leaders in sustainable technology and affirms our status on the international stage as a “City of Innovation”. Students • Lloyd Niccol – Engineering and Commerce • Scott Redwood – Engineering • Michael Whitehouse – Informatics • Jack Breen - Faculty Commerce • Emily Ryan – Commerce • Fiona Hudson – Creative Arts and Communications • Eva Guo – Engineering • Rui Yan – Engineering • Daniel Jones – Commerce and Heath and Behavioural Sciences • Chelsea Cook – Creative Arts • Jason Hamilton – Commerce • Matthew Fuller – TAFE Architectural Technology • David Everitt – Engineering • Nalin Piyaratna – Engineering • Darren Koppel – Science Health and Medicine • Chris Nicolson – Engineering • Christopher Pearson – Engineering • Gavin Treseder – Engineering and Informatics • Vincent Tang – Engineering and Commerce • James Macquire – Engineering • Terry McKenzie – Engineering • Ryan Dobbs – TAFE Architecture Technology • Charlie Prior – Engineering • Lachlan Roder – Engineering • Fiona Sparks – Commerce and Law • Teiya Thornberry – Commerce • Eli Taylor – Science • Laia Ledo – Engineering

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• Brooke Henderson - Engineering • Nathanael Charlesworth – Commercial Cookery • Massimo Fiorentini – Engineering • Evan Huang – Beihang Exchange Student • Dan Meng – Beihang Exchange Student • Daniel Daly – Engineering • Ziyan su – Beihang Exchange Student • Nicholas Underhill – Arts Staff • Paul Cooper – Sustainable Buildings Research Centre • Marty Burgess – TAFE Management Representative • Alexandra McPaul – Interior Design • Tim Mccarthy – Deputy Faculty Advisor • Zhenjun Ma- Academic Support and International Liason Officer

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REF: CM194/13 File: CO-910.05.01.001 NOTICE OF MOTION - COUNCILLOR CURRAN - CONTINUED ITEM A CONCERN REGARDING PROPOSED NSW PLANNING LEGISLATION Councillor Curran has submitted the following Notice of Motion – It is highly concerning that professional bodies such as ICAC, the Law Society of NSW and the Institute of Architects are all so critical of the proposed new planning laws and believe they are flawed. I am concerned that our Council will have to administer laws, which are unworkable and lead to more perceptions of corruption. I seek the support of my fellow Councillors to adopt the resolution below. “I formally move that - 1 Council write to the Premier for New South Wales, The Hon. Barry O'Farrell MP, requesting he commit to a rewriting of the Planning Bill 2013 Exposure Draft and a re-exhibition of any proposed legislation. 2 A copy of the letter be forwarded to all Members of the NSW Parliament for their attention. 3 Council write to Local Government NSW urging the Chief Executive to make representations to the Premier that any new planning legislation which attracts the level of criticism from reputable bodies such as ICAC and the Law Society of NSW should not be passed by Parliament until further extensive rewriting and consultation has occurred with those who have to primarily implement the Act ie local government. 4 Copies of the above letters be provided to Councillors by way of the Information Folder.”

Background provided by Councillor Curran The Independent Commission Against Corruption, the Law Society of NSW and the Australian Institute of Architects have all made strong criticisms of the new planning legislation. For example, the ICAC says the laws will create '...complexity and confusion.' The full ICAC submission is available at: http://communitycouncillorsnetwork.files.wordpress.com/2013/07/l71_nsw-icac.pdf The Law Society of NSW says: 'If one of the purposes of the new legislation is to minimise the risk for actual or perceived corruption in the decision-making in the planning sphere, the breadth of the Minister's discretionary powers is of concern.'

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The full Law Society of NSW submission is available at: http://communitycouncillorsnetwork.files.wordpress.com/2013/07/www-lawsociety-com- au_cs_groups_public_documents_internetpolicysubmissions_752431.pdf The NSW Chapter of the Australian Institute of Architects (AIA) says '... the Planning Bill explicitly replaces the Heritage Council with the Director-General as the consent authority ...... The Institute objects strongly to this proposal, which would jeopardise the values of the State’s key heritage items.' Read the full submission on the AIA at: http://communitycouncillorsnetwork.files.wordpress.com/2013/07/australian-institute- of-architects-submission-to-white-paper-june-2013.pdf

"As Councillors representing a broad community of interests, we wish the NSW Government to redraft the proposed planning legislation to provide certainty and transparency, to reduce the risk of corruption, and to benefit the whole community of NSW." Monica Wangman, Spokesperson Community Councillors Network and Deputy Mayor Ashfield Council. Power to the people - that's the plan: Leesha McKenny - 13 July 2013 Sydney Morning Herald Urban Affairs Reporter: ‘It was designed to end neighbourhood battles, but will it work, asks Leesha McKenny. Barry O'Farrell couldn't have asked for a better warm-up act. Three years ago, then Premier Kristina Keneally was defending her planning reforms to a local government conference when the crowd at Albury turned feral. ''The promise of handing planning powers back to local communities may sound desirable, but under the surface, what does it mean?'' Keneally asked, to furious heckling. Important omissions and unsatisfactory elements. Labor's reputation when it comes to planning and development is in tatters, but now it's the O'Farrell government's turn at the microphone, and from some quarters the booing has already begun. The state's planning system is broken - pretty much everyone agrees on that, and it's three months since the Premier and Planning Minister, Brad Hazzard, unveiled their solution. The reforms propose turning the old model on its head: the community would have an enhanced role in upfront strategic consultation, setting the planning ground rules for the types of development to be permitted in their communities Advertisement. But when it came to individual developments - be it a barbecue or apartment block - they would then have to get out of the way. Hazzard believes this means nothing less than a cultural shift that gives the community ownership of the process, bringing the pitched battles over development applications to an end. ''It puts strategic planning powers fair and square in the community's hands, delivering on the government's promise to empower local communities,'' he said. But some who laud the attempt still see too much being swept aside by the reforms' imperatives of economic growth. Veteran planner, former ICAC and City of Sydney Councillor, John Mant, has called the changes a failure - merely the old complexity ''rebadged''. The Law Society of NSW warns of nothing less than a constitutional challenge. The Australian Institute of Architects raised the issue of ''important omissions and unsatisfactory elements'' in relation to design, heritage and community engagement. ''The devil will be in the detail,'' former NSW Land and Environment Court judge Paul Stein said. He says the laws will reduce the public's right to object a "pie in the sky" plan for strategic input. ''This is the particular aspect of the white paper and exposure bills which will haunt the government in the years to come. ''That devilish detail is contained in the exposure bills

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- the draft legislation that would enact the white paper's commitment to transparency, simplicity and certainty. And it is here there are concerns that not only does the draft legislation fail to support those aims, it at times undermines them. ''The aspirations in the white paper appear to be contradicted by the actual draft bill,'' says Dr Nicole Gurran, an associate professor at the University of Sydney's urban and regional planning program. While the White Paper ''implies that opportunities for public participation will be increased'' at the planning stage, Gurran's joint submission says ''our reading of the draft exposure bill suggests dilution of existing provisions for consultation around draft plans, with no real mechanisms to enforce consultation provisions''. ''Further, the winding back of consultation around development assessment implies a reduction rather than expansion of opportunities in the new system,'' it said. But the Department of Planning and Infrastructure insists community consultation has been sufficiently enshrined in the legislation - and in its culture - even if the methods for doing so haven't been legally bolted down. ''If we had a plan in legislation which said with every strategic plan you must have one website, two newsletters and three community information sessions, you would not really end up with anything that's terribly meaningful,'' said Marcus Ray, the department's executive director of planning reform and general counsel. Such an approach would also lead to councils and government agencies simply ''going through the motions'' under a threat of judicial sanction, he said. ''We would feel that's not the best way of embedding a sense of engagement throughout the system.'' But the Law Society of NSW, which also talks of a ''disconnect'' between the white paper and draft legislation, warns the law could be forced into the new system by a challenge in the High Court. This would be contesting a clause which it says ''significantly restricts the ability of the community to challenge plans and some decisions even in the case of legal error'' despite the White Paper's assurance existing decision review rights remain largely unchanged. Other components have also drawn fire. An example is the new ''code'' and the pre-existing complying assessment tracks, which are expected to constitute 80 per cent of all development proposals in five years. If a proposal meets all the pre-agreed requirements as set out in an area's plans - the building type, heights, setbacks, as well as environmental and design standards - it will be found to meet the ''code assessment'', and a council must approve it within 25 days. But developers could be encouraged to look for a ''backdoor'' through a system that is not as simple as it sounds. It's a point made by the Independent Commission Against Corruption, when it said there were several ways a single development could be approved. An apartment block that falls under the code track, for instance, but which exceeds the allowable building height, can seek to have that component alone considered under the ''merit'' assessment - a track that is broadly akin to the present system, and includes consultation. But the same developer could also propose that the increase height is minor - a half-floor or a floor - and so constitutes an ''alternative solution'' consistent with the ''relevant performance criteria'' set out in a development guide, and consultation may not be required. It brings a degree of flexibility to the system, but the corruption watchdog warned it could encourage applicants to make ''unreasonable departures'' from key controls. ICAC also expressed concern that a proposal which did not comply with the ''complying'' track - such as a new house - could still be approved if it was judged ''not likely to cause any significant additional adverse impact''. It warns such criteria is ''vague'' and would rely on the subjective judgment of an assessor. ''The idea that non-compliant proposals can still be approved within the complying development stream undermines the purpose and stated meaning of this assessment

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pathway,'' ICAC said. Ray says the government will consult ICAC about its concerns - and indeed that it is receptive to all feedback to the detail of the reforms to get the best laws possible. Planning is complex, after all, and the problems with the current laws have been three decades in the making. Chris Johnson, chief executive of the Urban Taskforce, said the laws will have to align with the government's intent. But he said its promise of handing ''power'' back to communities was being wilfully confused by some of the traditional opponents of development, resident action groups. ''My concern is that the government is not clarifying the expectations of

community groups who like the word 'power' more than the word 'participate' ''. But the government hasn't properly articulated what was wrong with the previous planning culture in order to ''help construct a more robust solution'', Gurran's submission says. Its emphasis on a ''can-do'' planning culture could put the government's reforms in the wrong kind of limelight. ''When the controversy about development in Wollongong first came to light, a defence of the Wollongong staff was that they were just can-do sort of people,'' the submission says. Correction: The original version of this story incorrectly said the planning abuses committed under Labor are now the stuff of ICAC.

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REF: CM195/13 File: CO-910.05.01.002 NOTICE OF MOTION - COUNCILLOR MARTIN - PERMANENT AIR ITEM B QUALITY MONITORING - PORT KEMBLA Councillor Martin has submitted the following Notice of Motion – “I formally move that - 1 Council seek the support of the NSW Office of Environment and Heritage and the Environmental Protection Authority to establish a permanent air quality monitor in Port Kembla. 2 In response to the increased industrial activity in and around Port Kembla, Council, as a matter of priority, work with the above Government agencies, local industry and the Port Kembla Pollution Committee to establish the best location for the monitor.”

Background provided by Councillor Martin

Council has been working with members of the local school, business and residents, management and staff of Vesuvius and the Office of Environment and Heritage (OE&H) in order to establish baseline monitoring to capture information on air quality at Port Kembla Primary School. This follows concerns from residents about the possible health impacts from the Joint Regional Planning Panel’s approved Vesuvius development in Gloucester Boulevard, Port Kembla. Discussion has included site visits to the former Bulli Vesuvius factory, a recent site visit to the new plant at Port Kembla, as well as meetings and discussions with residents, OE&H and a number of Council officers over a period of 12 months. The last meeting held at Vesuvius supported the following recommendations – 1 A detailed response be provided to concerned residents about issues raised as part of the determination process; 2 Vesuvius representatives would attend the Port Kembla Pollution Committee Meetings on a regular basis to receive feedback from, and provide information to residents; and, 3 Council work with the OE&H to seek installation (by the NSW State Government and OE&H) of a permanent monitoring facility in Port Kembla. Currently the closest permanent air quality monitor for pollution from industry in Port Kembla is in Warrawong. There have been other monitors in Port Kembla, including a permanent monitor at the former Port Kembla Fire Station, but these no longer exist.

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Clearly, monitoring of air quality is inadequate and a permanent monitor is both needed and justified given – 1 The continued expansion of the Port; 2 The development of the industrial precincts around Port Kembla; 3 The ongoing concerns of residents in relation to the cumulative impact on air quality of both existing industries such as MM Metals, new industries like Vesuvius, and future development that may locate in and around Port Kembla, as the Port of Port Kembla continues to attract new industry; as well as, 4 The recent event at Metal Manufactures where it was found that Dioxins had, for some time, been released into the atmosphere. Given the time, energy, investment and effort of all concerned, I seek Council’s support for the installation of a permanent air quality monitor in Port Kembla.

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REF: CM196/13 File: CO-910.05.01.006 NOTICE OF MOTION - COUNCILLOR MERRIN - ASBESTOS DISPOSAL ITEM C FACILITY IN WOLLONGONG Councillor Merrin has submitted the following Notice of Motion – “I formally move that – 1 A report be submitted to the Council meeting on 9 September 2013, investigating the feasibility of collecting and disposing of asbestos waste at Council's Whyte's Gully Waste Facility. 2 The report consider the environmental, social and economic costs and benefits of providing such a facility for the residents of Wollongong.”

Rationale provided by Councillor Merrin The health risks of asbestos are well known. At present Wollongong City Council waste facilities do not accept asbestos waste. Residents are left with the option of paying a contractor to remove small amounts of asbestos waste, or packaging it and transporting it themselves to a commercial site, or to the nearest public disposal site at Lucas Heights, 60km from central Wollongong. Shellharbour City Council's Waste Facility accepts asbestos waste from Shellharbour and Kiama residents only, and Shoalhaven City Council accepts asbestos waste from Shoalhaven residents only. The lack of an asbestos-receiving facility in Wollongong provides a strong incentive for residents to dispose of domestic or other smaller quantities of asbestos illegally within the Wollongong Local Government Area. As Wollongong is a large urban centre, with a high proportion of buildings containing asbestos materials, Council needs to ensure that residents have access to the safest and most reliable means of disposing of asbestos products. As Council is about to begin the construction of a new waste module at Whyte's Gully, it is timely to consider providing a means for asbestos disposal for residents.

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REF: CM197/13 File: CO-910.05.01.006 NOTICE OF MOTION - COUNCILLOR MERRIN - REDUCE SINGLE-USE ITEM D PLASTIC BAGS IN WOLLONGONG Councillor Merrin has submitted the following Notice of Motion – “I formally move that Council - 1 Acknowledge the efforts taken by many local businesses and residents to reduce the number of single-use or non-biodegradable plastic bags used throughout the Wollongong local government area; 2 Acknowledge that single-use plastic bags are a major litter problem in our parks and waterways, and can result in the deaths or injury of many turtles, marine mammals, birds and other animal species - this to be included in Council's weekly newspaper notices, newsletter and the Council website, along with educational materials; 3 Write to the State and Federal Governments urging them to introduce legislation that would ban non-biodegradable single-use plastic shopping bags; 4 Ensure all Council owned or controlled business and commercial activities, and Council owned or controlled venues, eliminate the availability of non- biodegradable plastic shopping bags; 5 Commit to the installation of gross litter traps at all appropriate stormwater and watercourse outlets to the ocean and Lake Illawarra over the medium term; 6 Introduce a trial cooperative programme in the northern suburbs of Wollongong, to place a small price on plastic bags sold by retailers; 7 Contact major local retailers to encourage them to collaborate with Council voluntarily in a staged approach to reduce, and ultimately eliminate, plastic shopping bags from the Wollongong local government area; this programme to be evaluated after two years; 8 Council’s Waste and Resource Recovery Strategy be amended to reflect these changes.”

Rationale provided by Councillor Merrin The devastating effects that plastic bags have on local species of birds, turtles, marine mammals and other animals, have been widely reported. Wollongong is home to the South Coast Branch of the world-renowned Australian Seabird Rescue that rehabilitates many injured species, including pelicans and turtles. A high percentage of animals admitted for care have consumed or become entangled in plastic products, including plastic bags. Single-use plastic bags are lightweight, made from non-renewable fossil fuel, are used for a very short time, and then end up at landfill sites, recycled or as litter in streams and

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oceans. They take many hundreds of years to break down. In 2007, almost 4 billion single-use bags were used in Australia. The single-use plastic bag has been banned in many countries throughout the world, including: In Australia: • The ACT, NT, SA and Tasmania, as well as the cities of Adelaide, Darwin, and Fremantle, and a number of small towns in Victoria, • Several towns in NSW banned plastic bags in 2003 and 2004: Huskisson; Kangaroo Valley; Mogo and Oyster Bay (from NSW Parliamentary e-brief ‘Plastic Bags: an update’, Montoya, D, April 2013). In the USA: 85 communities, including Los Angeles, San Francisco, San Jose, Aspen and Seattle, In other countries: including Mauritania, Mexico City, Bangladesh and Italy. Many countries have applied levies or restrictions on bags, such as Ireland, Belgium, Spain, Wales, Denmark, Bulgaria, Kenya, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Germany and China. Many small towns and cities around the world have also initiated voluntary bans. Ballina Council supported a community-based program to reduce single-use plastic bag use which led many shops to stop providing plastic bags or reduce the number used. Victoria has legislated to allow compulsory bag levies to be imposed and has run a 10c levy trial in some towns. A number of small businesses in Wollongong have already stopped using single-use plastic bags, as have some of the larger chain stores. There is strong community support to ban the use of single-use plastic bags in Wollongong, with the local media opinion poll showing 71% of respondents supporting a ban. It is particularly important for Wollongong to reduce this damaging waste product due to our long coast-line with many well-used beaches and rock shelves; our proximity to the Royal National Park, Lake Illawarra, Bushrangers Bay Aquatic Reserve and Bass Point, as well as many creeks and wetlands. However without legislative support, or a voluntary ban by the major supermarkets, it will be hard to gain the momentum to make a significant change to the volumes of plastic bags discarded every day throughout Wollongong. Wollongong City Council now has the opportunity to show leadership. We have lobbied State and Federal Governments for legislative change on container deposits in an attempt to reduce the environmental and economic costs of litter. In order to address the increasing amounts of plastic waste, we also need State legislation to enable State and local action on single-use plastic bags. Previous NSW Governments have expressed an intention to introduce bans or levies, but this has not yet occurred. We can ensure that Council’s own activities, premises and events become plastic-bag free. We can also provide education and support to assist retailers and consumers with the changes in behaviour that are needed to reduce plastic bag use in our area.

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REF: CM192/13 File: Z13/130648 ITEM 1 SMOKE FREE ARTS PRECINCT

On the 11th June 2013, Council endorsed a Notice of Motion from Councillor Colacino requesting that: 1 A report be prepared on the benefits and implications of making the Arts Precinct, or areas within, non-smoking areas. This report is to be submitted to the Council meeting of 12 August 2013. 2 The report also outlines the implications and/or outcomes of previous reports relating to alfresco non-smoking areas. This report addresses these items as well as providing a context for legislation in this area.

Recommendation Council undertake community engagement regarding a proposal to make the Arts Precinct or parts there-of, as outlined in Figure 1 below, a smoke free zone.

Attachments There are no attachments for this report.

Report Authorisations Report of: Tanya Buchanan, Manager Community Cultural and Economic Development Authorised by: Greg Doyle, Director Corporate and Community Services - Creative Engaged and Innovative City

Background This report has been compiled by the Community, Cultural and Economic Development Division incorporating feedback from the City Centre Revitalisation team, Community Engagement team, Regulation and Enforcement Division, Environmental Strategy and Planning Division and Property and Recreation Division. Update on the implications and/or outcomes of previous reports relating to alfresco non- smoking areas and the Crown St Mall. At the Council Meeting of the 10 December 2012 Council endorsed the motion that: 1 The Mall become a smoke free zone from summer 2013-14 to coincide with the completion of the first stage of the Mall refurbishment.

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2 Council take a phased approach to making Council owned alfresco dining areas smoke free. This would involve: • changing conditions on alfresco dining licences as they fall due for renewal to make outdoor dining areas under Council control smoke free, commencing 1 January 2013 for introduction on 1 January 2014. • an educational and promotion campaign targeted at businesses offering outdoor dining encouraging them to voluntarily become smoke free. 3 In terms of reviewing the effectiveness of Recommendations 1 and 2, evaluations to take place 12 months after deployment. The City Centre team is progressing the implementation of this resolution through a cross divisional project plan which aims to be implemented early in November 2013 within the Crown Street Mall. Additionally, the Property and Recreation Division are currently updating Council’s Outdoor Dining Policy and licensing arrangements to address compliance with NSW legislation and to achieve Council’s resolution of the 10th December. Council Officers have formed an internal working party to further investigate the development of a consolidated LGA-wide smoke free policy which could cover existing smoke free zones, identify possible additions to the smoke free areas and develop a consistent method of managing such zones across Council. Definition of the Arts Precinct For the purposes of this report the Arts Precinct is defined as: 1 The Town Hall, including the entrance and paved forecourt area bordered by Crown Street and Kembla Street. 2 The Wollongong Art Gallery including the entrance bordered by Burelli Street and Kembla Street. 3 Illawarra Performing Arts Centre bordered by Burelli Street and Town Hall Place. 4 The open space including the grassed area and seating between Town Hall Place and Burelli Street and the rear of the Wollongong Art Gallery and Illawarra Performing Arts Centre. 5 The laneway between Town Hall and the Wollongong Art Gallery. 6 Town Hall Place. 7 Ethel Hayton Walk.

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Proposal Figure 1: Arts Precinct Legislation Issues The NSW Tobacco Legislation Amendment Act 2012 bans smoking in a range of outdoor spaces from January 2013. These spaces are as follows: • within 10m of children’s play equipment in outdoor public spaces • swimming pool complexes • spectator areas as sports grounds or other recreational areas • railway platforms, bus stops and taxi ranks • within 4m of a pedestrian access to a public building. The same legislation also requires that commercial outdoor dining areas are to be smoke free effective from 6th July 2015. Under the Local Government Act 1993 Council has the power to: • erect suitably worded and strategically placed notices in ‘public places’ (such places including but not limited to public reserves, Crown reserves, public bathing

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reserves, public baths, public swimming pools, public parks and public roads) within the local government area prohibiting smoking; • serve, by means of an authorised person, a penalty notice upon any person who fails to comply with the terms of any such notice; • demand, by means of an authorised person, the name and address of any person reasonably suspected of failing to comply with the terms of any such notice; and • otherwise prohibit smoking in any place within the local government area of Wollongong, in respect of which Council is the owner or occupier, as a condition of entry to that place. Enforcement Council’s ability to enforce a smoking ban in the Arts Precinct would be through a number of mechanisms: 1 Outdoor dining licenses -The new café at IPAC will require a Council License to offer alfresco dining. The Property and Recreation Division are currently reviewing the licenses to address compliance with NSW legislation. 2 It is recommended Council’s enforcement approach be based on self-regulation utilising peer pressure rather than punitive measures for smoking within the area. This is consistent with the approach taken across other areas of Council. 3 At this stage additional enforcement and educational resources are not anticipated, however service level requirements for enforcement should be reviewed after 12 months of implementation with a further report submitted to Council regarding this aspect. 4 In order to have visible notification of a ban on smoking, it is recommended signs be erected at each of the current sign points in the precinct. The cost of signs could be determined once the final area to be made smoke free is agreed. Options Option 1: Council ban smoking in the Arts Precinct as defined above. Option 2: Council ban smoking in some or all of the following areas within the precinct: • “internal area” of the precinct between the Art Gallery and IPAC • The laneway between the Town Hall and Art Gallery • Town Hall Place • Other areas identified by the community. Option 3: Council take no action given changes to State Legislation which have progressively banned smoking within four metres of the entrance/exit of any building with public access (from 7 January 2013) and further Legislation effective from 2015 banning smoking in outdoor areas.

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Consultation and Communication Community engagement with respect to implementing a smoke free space in the Arts Precinct is an essential component of this report’s recommendation. It is proposed that the three options outlined above are explored with the Community to assist Council’s decision making.

Financial Implications As this report is the result of a Councillor Notice of Motion, in accordance with Council resolution of 26 March 2012 the costs of developing this report have been calculated at $2,879. Implementing smoke free areas in the Arts Precinct will incur costs associated with signage and community education. These costs can be fully developed once the agreed area is defined.

Conclusion Given changing legislation, the implementation of a smoking ban in the Arts Precinct is an option which should be explored further with the community.

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REF: CM144/13 File: ESP-080.06.006 ITEM 2 ILLAWARRA REGIONAL FOOD STRATEGY

In 2009, the Illawarra Councils (Kiama Municipal Council, Shellharbour City Council and Wollongong City Council) received a grant from the NSW Government's Environmental Trust to deliver a regional project called the Illawarra Biodiversity and Local Food Strategy for Climate Change (IBLFSCC). The Illawarra Regional Food Strategy (the Strategy) is the final output of this grant. Its purpose is to identify how the partner Councils can best ensure that the important role of food in the lives of our community, and the future of our region, is recognised and enhanced. The Strategy describes how, in partnership with our community, agencies, businesses and organisations, the Illawarra Councils can work together towards a vision for: a vibrant, sustainable local food system that is resilient, prosperous, fair and secure. The Strategy includes a framework to inform decision-making and action across a range of areas where local government has the most immediate influence and control.

Recommendation 1 Council adopt the 'Illawarra Regional Food Strategy’ (Attachment 1 to the report) as a commitment to the principles of food security and local food system sustainability. 2 Council note that an 'Illawarra Regional Food Strategy Action Plan’ (Attachment 2 to the report) has been developed as an internal document that will provide the basis for selecting and resourcing actions and projects for Council's Delivery Program, consistent with Wollongong 2022.

Attachments 1 Illawarra Regional Food Strategy 2 Illawarra Regional Food Strategy Action Plan

Report Authorisations Report of: Renee Campbell, Manager Environmental Strategy and Planning Authorised by: Andrew Carfield, Director Planning and Environment – Future, City and Neighbourhoods

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Background In our region, as across Australia and the rest of the world, there is a growing recognition of the central role that food plays in our lives, communities, economy and the environment. Wollongong 2022 describes Council's commitment, specifically articulating the objective that 'local food production and community food initiatives are supported' (1.5). The Strategy provides the policy position, and an overall framework, to progress the goal of food security and sustainability in our region. The accompanying Action Plan identifies a detailed suite of 114 actions and projects, including those priorities which may be implemented regionally. A fairer and more sustainable regional food system will contribute across a range of key Council goals towards an enlivened, enterprising, connected and ultimately healthier community. The differences in population, community assets, demographics, land use, economic structure, community priorities, revenue base and resource levels between Kiama, Shellharbour and Wollongong Councils will influence progress against the actions in each Local Government Area. With this in mind, the Action Plan has been designed to: • benchmark the current status of activity in each Council area; • identify actions which are regional priorities; • describe the role of Council against each action; • enable partner Councils to progress actions most relevant to their area; • nominate a timeframe for each action; and • identify additional resources required. As our City grows, there are both challenges and opportunities for local food security and food system sustainability. The West Dapto Urban Release Area (WDURA), in particular, presents a complex range of issues arising from land use changes and new residential development. The Strategy may assist in providing a framework for incorporating an awareness of the importance of access to good food, alongside other core urban design principles which support health, amenity and wellbeing. Effort will be made to understand and quantify the impact of land use changes in the WDURA on food security, to identify options for food production within new urban areas, and to work within existing resources to implement those actions identified in the Strategy which may support Council’s goals in this area. Kiama and Shellharbour Councils will present the Strategy for adoption by their Councils in September 2013. They have also committed to meeting quarterly with Wollongong

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Council to discuss regional synergies, and to develop appropriate indicators for the Strategy. The NSW Government’s Environmental Trust has selected the IBLFSCC project, and specifically the Strategy, as of particular merit and relevance for NSW Councils. A Dissemination Project has been funded to create a Local Government Resource Kit and series of training workshops featuring the outcomes and resources created by the Illawarra Councils, alongside major urban food sustainability projects led by Clarence Valley, and Coffs Harbour Councils.

Proposal The Strategy was prepared to outline the role of the three partner councils in supporting local food security and sustainability. It includes a Position Statement which articulates the commitment made by each of the partner Councils. An Action Plan has been developed as an internal document that will provide the basis for benchmarking, selecting and resourcing actions and projects for the partner Councils' Delivery Programs. It is proposed that the implementation of Action Plan items will be progressed as part of each Councils normal business planning process. Implementation of these actions will be considered by each of the partner Councils subject to the availability of resources, and consistent with the normal business planning process. Council is requested to adopt the 'Illawarra Regional Food Strategy’ (Attachment 1 to the report) as a commitment to the principles of food security and local food system sustainability. Council is requested to note that an 'Illawarra Regional Food Strategy Action Plan’ (Attachment 2 to the report) has been developed as an internal document that will provide the basis for selecting and resourcing actions and projects for Council's Delivery Program, consistent with Wollongong 2022. Priority actions for implementation from the Strategy have been included in the Annual Plan 2013-14.

Consultation and Communication A Discussion Paper was developed to scope the issues, generate input, and as a consultation tool in the strategy development process. The Strategy has been developed with input from the partner Councils, external agencies, and through consultation with the community beginning at the Illawarra lead-in event to the NSW Food Summit in 2009.

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Internally, the Strategy documents will continue to be used to engage in a series of conversations with staff across the organisation to review the content and intent of the specific actions and projects. To date, internal consultation has been undertaken across Council to identify those recommendations which are able to be implemented within existing resources in 2013- 2014. Many of the recommendations do not require additional resources. The Environmental Sustainability Reference Group have been briefed on the Strategy, and have indicated their support.

Planning and Policy Impact The Strategy provides a clear framework for delivering against Wollongong 2022 objective 1.5 'Local food production and community food initiatives are supported' under the Community Goal 1: We value and protect our environment; and Community Goal 5: We are a healthy community in a liveable city. The relevant strategy is 1.5.1: Work towards ensuring that all people in our community have access to safe, nutritious, affordable and sustainably produced food. The Strategy was nominated as a Key Deliverable in the Annual Plan 2013-2014: 'Prepare a food strategy to enable access to safe, nutritious, affordable, sustainably produced food', which forms part of the Five Year Action 'Facilitate a range of programs and activities which improve food security and local food production' contained within the Delivery Program 2012-2017. Specific planning and Policy impacts include: • contributing to the review of the Community Gardens on Community Land Management Policy; and • recommendations to review specific planning and policy mechanisms to support food security and food sustainability. Food is a theme important to Councils' proposed Health Plan, Planning Policy Audit: Health and the Built Environment, and Positive Ageing Plan. The Strategy also provides the framework for the Sustainable Food theme of the draft Environmental Sustainability Action Plan, and has contributed towards Council's Catering Policy.

Financial Implications An Action Plan has been designed to inform decision-making and resource allocation to achieve Wollongong 2022 Objective 1.5 as part of the normal business planning process. An overview of those actions which will continue, or are able to be commenced, within existing resources across the organisation, has been undertaken for 2013-2014.

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Conclusion Wollongong must meet many future challenges including population growth, an ageing population, increasing pressure on our infrastructure and natural resources, serious waste management issues, and the need to ensure a secure employment future for our young people. We must also foster creativity and wellbeing, and work towards the diversification and resilience of our local economy. A fairer and more sustainable regional food system will contribute to meeting these challenges, at the same time contributing towards an enlivened, enterprising, connected and ultimately healthier community. The Strategy provides a clear and coherent way to identify where Council can best ensure that the important role of food in the lives of our community, and the future of our region, is recognised and enhanced.

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REF: CM191/13 File: OSI-30.10.001 DESTINATION WOLLONGONG - COUNCIL INDEPENDENT BOARD ITEM 3 APPOINTMENT

This report presents Council’s Independent Board nominations for the vacant position on Destination Wollongong’s Board following the resignation of Mr Dean Young. Mr Young provided expertise in retail and Destination Wollongong advised Council that a skill set in strategic and operational retail was a continued requirement for the Board. Destination Wollongong is a key provider of tourism attraction, events and marketing to the City of Wollongong and its surrounds. Council’s nominations to the Board are based on a diversity of skills, expertise and experience. These positions complement the Council appointed Director, filled currently by Councillor Colacino, the remaining six positions appointed via member nominations at the Annual General Meeting.

Recommendation 1 Council endorses the appointment of Mr Lube Markovski as a Council appointed Independent Director to the Board of Destination Wollongong. 2 Council extend the terms of all the Directors for another twelve months: Anita Mulrooney, Sue Baker Finch, Wayne Morris, the current vacancy and the Council Director position held by Councillor Leigh Colacino. 3 From 2014-15 Council implements a two year rotation for Destination Wollongong board appointees, with the replacement or re-nomination of two independent Directors annually.

Attachments Request for Extension of Terms for Appointed Board Membership

Report Authorisations Report of: Tanya Buchanan, Manager Community Cultural and Economic Development Authorised by: Greg Doyle, Director Corporate and Community Services – Creative, Engaged and Innovative City

Background In mid-2011 Tourism Wollongong (now known as Destination Wollongong) revised its Constitution, which was adopted at the Extraordinary General Meeting held on 19 July 2011. The revised Constitution included significant amendments to the Board structure to ensure the Company could remain contemporary and reflect the expanded business

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scope. In addition, the Constitution more adequately reflects Council’s controlling interest in the Company as a primary funder. Clause 14.2 Composition of the Board stipulates membership of the Board consists of: a four Council appointed Independent Directors (currently Anita Mulrooney, Sue Baker Finch, Wayne Morris and the current vacant position), b one Council Official Director (Councillor Leigh Colacino), c a maximum of six other Board members nominated by members (Stuart Barnes, Walter Immoos, Matthew Davidson, Adrian The, Amy Harper, Simon Hinton). Council takes the position that its nominations to the Board will be based on skills, expertise and experience. This complements the appointment of the Destination Wollongong member based nominations which bring industry expertise in the accommodation, events and attraction fields and links to key industry partners and education/research institutions. In looking at the current composition of the Board, it was decided to seek an individual with skills in retail management and an understanding of the retail sector and environment to fill the casual vacancy. These skills would complement the marketing, governance and financial management skills that exist in other Council appointed independent directors. The vacancy was advertised in the Illawarra Mercury. Four applications were received for the voluntary position. The Council endorsed Policy for Recruitment of External Members to Committees was followed for the recruitment process. As per the requirements of the Policy a separate report providing details on each of the applicants has been prepared by the assessment panel for the consideration of Council.

Proposal Council endorses the appointment of Mr Lube Markovski as a Council appointed Independent Director to the Board of Destination Wollongong. Previous Council resolutions have required Board appointments to be reviewed: 1 November 2013 for Independent Appointments 2 Annually for Councillor Appointments Destination Wollongong has requested the following changes to this process: 1 Council extend the terms of all the Directors for another twelve months: 2 Anita Mulrooney, Sue Baker Finch, Wayne Morris, the current vacancy and the Council Director position held by Councillor Leigh Colacino. 3 From 2014-2015 Council implement a two year rotation for Destination Wollongong board appointees, with the replacement or re-nomination of two independent Directors annually.

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Conclusion The appointment of a Council nominated Director will ensure Council has filled its positions on the Board and ensures compliance with Destination Wollongong’s Constitution.

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REF: CM199/13 File: Z13/141242 ITEM 4 LIVE MUSIC TASKFORCE - COMMUNITY MEMBER NOMINEE

At its meeting of 11 March 2013 Council requested the establishment of a Live Music Taskforce to work with stakeholders, including venue owners, Police and Council. At the meeting of 22 July 2013 five Council members were nominated to the taskforce including one nominated as Chair. This report presents recommendations for the ten community members to the taskforce.

Recommendation Council endorse the appointment of ten community representatives to the Live Music Taskforce, as determined by the Assessment Panel.

Attachments There are no attachments to this report.

Background The objective of the Live Music Taskforce is to consider current issues affecting the provision of live music across the Wollongong LGA and use these findings to inform the development of a Live Music Report that identifies short, medium and long term actions Wollongong City Council might take. Council endorsed the Live Music Taskforce Terms of Reference on 22 July 2013 and nominated five Councillor Representatives to the taskforce including, the role of chair. As per the Recruitment of External Members to Committees Council Policy the Statement of Procedures was followed to make the recommendations. The recruitment of external members to the taskforce was commenced with the call for nominations open and advertised from 29 June 2013 and closing 10 July 2013. Thirty-four (34) nominations were received. An assessment panel was formed comprising:  Tanya Buchanan, Manager Community Cultural and Economic Development  Sue Savage, Community and Cultural Development Manager

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Three (3) nominated Councillors:  Cr Vicki Curran  Cr John Dorahy  Cr Bede Crasnich (absent from panel meeting) External consultant:  Mr John Wardle The Chair of the Taskforce, Cr Ann Martin could not attend the formal meeting however provided advice to the panel. The assessment panel met on 25 July 2013 for the determination of recommended community representatives.

Proposal Council endorse the ten recommended community members to the taskforce.

Planning and Policy Impact This report relates to the commitments of Council as contained within the Strategic Management Plans: Wollongong 2022 Community Goal and Objective – This report contributes to the Wollongong 2022 objective, local employment opportunities are increased within a strong local economy under the Community Goal we have an innovative and sustainable community and strong diverse local cultures under the Community Goal Wollongong is a creative, vibrant city. It specifically delivers on core business activities as detailed in the Cultural Services, Economic Development and City Centre Management Service Plan 2013-14.

Conclusion Live music is integral to a creative and vibrant city and contributions to the achievement of both cultural and economic outcomes. The Live Music Taskforce will provide the opportunity for Councillors and the community to contribute to the development of a future direction.

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REF: CM160/13 File: GI-80.06 REVOKING OF POLICY - RENTALS - ILLAWARRA COMMUNITY ITEM 5 HOUSING TRUST LTD

The purpose of this report is to provide Council with the background to the Rentals – Illawarra Community Housing Trust Ltd [ICHT] Policy and seek Council’s endorsement for the policy to be revoked.

Recommendation Council policy “Rentals – Illawarra Community Housing Trust Ltd” be revoked.

Attachments Rentals – Illawarra Community Housing Trust Ltd Policy

Report Authorisations Report of: Peter Coyte, Manager Property and Recreation Authorised by: Greg Doyle, Director Corporate and Community Services – Creative Engaged and Innovative City

Background The Rentals Illawarra Community Housing Trust Ltd [ICHT] Policy was first developed in 1990 to establish the basis for how rent would be charged on Council property where the ICHT had constructed housing. At that time, there were a number of properties being leased from Council. The relationship that existed between Council and the ICHT when the policy was first adopted has now changed and the ICHT are establishing facilities on non-Council owned land which makes it unlikely that the policy will be required in the future. The policy has been reviewed and it is concluded that it is no longer required as there are now only three current lease agreements in place with the Illawarra Community Housing Trust Ltd. These agreements are for properties at Collaery Road, Russell Vale, Lake Parade Corrimal and Ellen Streets, Wollongong. Council is currently working with the ICHT with a view to terminating the agreements for Collaery Road and Lake Parade. Given Council’s reduced land stock, it is most unlikely that Council will make any other land available to the ICHT for the construction of residential low cost housing. However, should any future arrangements be made with the ICHT, they will be negotiated on terms consistent with the principles established in the current leases.

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Proposal Council revoke the Rentals - Illawarra Community Housing Trust Ltd Policy.

Consultation and Communication Executive Management Committee

Planning and Policy Impact This report relates to the commitments of Council as contained within the Strategic Management Plans: Wollongong 2022 Community Goal and Objective – This report contributes to the Wollongong 2022 Goal ‘We value and protect the environment and we are a healthy community in a liveable city.’ It specifically delivers on core business activities as detailed in the Property Services Service Plan 2013-2014.

Conclusion The revocation of this policy is recommended as set out in this report.

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REF: CM162/13 File: IW-195.007 REVOKING OF POLICY - CAMPING ON LAND OWNED AND ITEM 6 CONTROLLED BY COUNCIL

As part of the 2012-2015 Policy Register review, Council’s policy for Camping on Land Owned and Controlled by Council has been reviewed. It is proposed that the policy be revoked based on applicable superseding legislation.

Recommendation Council policy “Camping on Land Owned and Controlled by Council” be revoked.

Attachments Council Policy for Camping on Land Owned and Controlled by Council

Report Authorisations Report of: Peter Coyte, Manager Property and Recreation Authorised by: Greg Doyle, Director Corporate and Community Services – Creative, Engaged and Innovative City

Background Wollongong’s unique natural landscape supports a wide range of recreational opportunities and in particular, foreshore reserves are at times considered a desirable location for overnight camping. Council’s existing Camping on Land Owned and Controlled by Council policy was first adopted in March 1982 and last reviewed in July 2003. This policy prohibits camping on all land owned or managed by Council with the exception of approved tourist parks and the land adjacent to Coledale Beach, in accordance with the Coledale Beach Plan of Management and a licence agreement granted to Coledale S urf Life Saving Club. The intent of the existing policy is to ensure the proper use of land owned and managed by Council. Currently, the development of camping grounds within NSW (either Crown land or freehold land) is subject to the State Environmental Planning Policy No 21—Caravan Parks (SEPP 21) and Council approval in the form of development consent and as per conditions of the Local Government Regulation 2005. In addition, operating a caravan park or camping ground is an activity requiring Council approval under Section 68 of the Local Government Act (1993). Any person who fails to obtain approval for camping activities is guilty of an offence under the Local Government Act (1993) and may be subject to enforcement.

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The NSW Department of Planning’s Circular on Illegal Camping (issued July 2010) reiterates the need for formal Council approval for overnight camping activities in order to minimise the potential for: - disturbances to surrounding residents, businesses and visitors caused by the generation of noise and/or incorrect disposal of litter; - environmental damage caused by camping in inappropriate or sensitive areas; and - compromising the health and safety of campers due to the absence of adequate amenities and facilities (eg hygiene and fire safety). In effect, legislation in relation to camping on land owned or controlled by Council clearly identifies that the activity is illegal, unless Council approval is obtained. The approved tourist parks within the Wollongong local government area and the Coledale Beach Reserve camping area, currently offer a range of camping opportunities including approved overnight camping sites. These sites are well located along the foreshore and are supported by infrastructure that promotes a safe and enjoyable camping experience. In all other locations owned or controlled by Council, camping may only be considered where it is ‘temporary camping grounds’ operated for a period of six weeks or less and solely in connection with use of the land for a sporting, recreation or cultural event. Should Council wish to pursue such temporary camping grounds in the future, this would be subject to the normal development application process. It should be noted that in recent years, illegal overnight camping has often occurred at popular foreshore reserves (eg Stuart Park, North Wollongong) during the peak summer holiday period. Given the high daily visitation received at such parks, these camping activities have required an active regulation approach in order to maintain park amenity and comply with legislation. This approach has involved an increased presence of Council’s Rangers and the installation of targeted signage. In summary, the requirement to obtain Council approval for overnight camping activities through the development application process, ensures the conditions outlined in the Local Government Regulation 2005 are addressed and that a consistent approach towards managing camping activities is applied across NSW. Accordingly, a specific Council policy that simply provides that camping by itself, is prohibited on lands owned or controlled by Council, appears to serve minimal useful purpose.

Proposal It is proposed that Council’s existing policy for Camping on Land Owned and Controlled by Council be revoked, noting that the State Environmental Planning Policy No 21— Caravan Parks (SEPP 21) prohibits overnight camping activities on all land within NSW unless approved by Council through the development application process.

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Consultation and Communication Council officers within the Regulation and Enforcement, Development Assessment and Certification, Governance and Information and Property and Recreation divisions have been consulted in the review of this policy and indicate their strong support in revoking the policy.

Planning and Policy Impact This report relates to the commitments of Council as contained within the Strategic Management Plans: Wollongong 2022 Community Goal and Objective – This report contributes to the Wollongong 2022 Objective ‘5.3 The public domain is maintained to a high standard’ under the Community Goal ‘We are a healthy community in a liveable city’. It specifically addresses the Annual Plan 2013-14 Key Deliverables ‘Provide enforcement services to maintain public amenity, health and safety and to ensure public policy is achieved’ which forms part of the Five Year Action ‘Review planning controls for priority locations’ contained within the Delivery Program 2012-17.

Conclusion The Camping on Land Owned and Controlled by Council Policy has been superseded by legislation and Council’s development application process. It is therefore recommended that Council revoke the policy.

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REF: CM200/13 File: FI-914.05.001 ITEM 7 JUNE 2013 FINANCIALS

The following report presents the pre audit preliminary end of year result and is subject to change pending insurance pool valuation and receipt of independent audit report. The end of year result includes a number of very large variations caused by the recording of contributed assets, the timing of grant payments, success in recovering costs from prior years, recognition of asset impairment and the disposal of assets that had a recorded accounting value. In addition, there have been general improvements against expenditure targets and some improvements in revenue. From a recurrent operational perspective, Council has performed within the revised budget forecasts and achieved its savings requirements for the year. Although it should be noted at this stage that these savings are not structural and will not necessarily flow on to future periods as required. The Operating Result [pre capital] shows a $11.4M favourable variance against the year to date budget. This is primarily due to the prepayment of the Financial Assistance Grant (FAG) $8.7M, non-cash improvements related to a decrease in workers’ compensation provision $1.5M, the expected settlement of the Law Cover case $1.2M (above current estimates), timing of funded projects in progress at year end $0.6M, and a range of operational improvements compared to budget $4.3M. These were offset by loss on the disposal of assets $3.1M and impairment adjustments $0.9M. The Operating Result after capital contributions is further impacted by the recognition of unbudgeted contributed assets of $26M and a variation in capital grants and developer contributions to result in a favourable variance of $38.9M. Council expended $53.9M on its capital works program representing 92 per cent of the annual budget of $58.9M. The projects not completed were to be funded by General Revenue of $2.5M and other funding of $2.5M. The Funds (cash) result for June shows a favourable variance of $15.9M. This result shows the movement in Available Funds for the year. The result includes Operational and Capital expenditure and income as well as transfers to and from restricted assets, but excludes the non-cash transactions. The result includes the cash variations from the operational budget (detailed above) as well as the variation in general revenue spend on the capital budget of $2.5M. The Cash Flow Statement at the end of the period indicates that there is higher than anticipated cash to support external restrictions and future operations.

Recommendation The report be received and noted.

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Attachments 1 Income, Expense and Funding Statements – June 2013 2 Capital Project Report – June 2013 3 Balance Sheet – June 2013 4 Cash Flow Statement – June 2013

Report Authorisations Report of: Brian Jenkins, Manager Finance Authorised by: Greg Doyle, Director Corporate and Community Services – Creative, Engaged and Innovative City

Background This report presents the Income and Expense Statement, Balance Sheet and Cash Flow Statement at 30 June 2013. The following table provides a summary view of the organisation’s overall financial results against original and revised budgets for the year.

Original Revised YTD FORECAST POSITION Budget Budget Actual Variation

KEY MOVEMENTS 1-Jul 30-Jun 30-Jun

Operating Costs $M (237.7) (238.2) (233.9) 4.3 Operating Revenue $M 209.9 212.6 219.7 7.1 Operating Result [Pre Capital] $M (27.8) (25.5) (14.1) 11.4 Capital Grants & Contributions $M 12.3 11.5 39.0 27.5 Operating Result [Post C apital] $M (15.5) (14.0) 24.9 38.9

Operational Funds Available for Capital $M 28.2 29.0 42.4 13.4

Capital Works 68.8 58.9 53.9 5.0 Contributed Assets 26.0 (26.0)

Funded from: - Operational Funds $M 28.2 29.0 42.4 13.4 - Other Funding $M 32.6 22.7 46.3 23.6

Total Funds Surplus/(Deficit) $M (8.0) (7.2) 8.7 15.9 Financial Performance The total Funds result as at 30 June 2013 shows an improvement compared to revised budget of $15.9M. This is attributable to timing impacts of the early receipt of the first two instalments of the 2013/14 Federal Assistance Grant $8.7M, lower level of Council funded capital works $2.5M, the additional impact of a the expected settlement of the Law Cover litigation $1.2M and a range of operational improvements compared to

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budget. The Funds result differs from the Operating Results as this excludes non cash transactions such as decrease in workers’ compensation provision, loss on asset disposal and impact of contributed assets and timing issues associated with specific purpose grant funding. Capital Budget As at 30 June 2013, year to date expenditure was $53.9M of the approved capital budget of $58.9M which compares to the original forecast expenditure of $68.8M. Further detail regarding the final capital spend is outlined in the capital report in Attachment 2. Liquidity Council’s cash and investments increased in June 2013 to holdings of $116.8M which is higher than anticipated. This is primarily due to higher restricted cash balances resulting from the receipt of the $20M ‘Local Government Infrastructure Renewal Scheme’ loan funding, the early payment of the Federal Assistance Grant ($8.7M), slower than programed delivery of the capital program ($5M) and a range of operational savings compared to budget. Council’s cash, investments and available funds positions for the reporting period are as follows:

CASH, INVESTMENTS & AVAILABLE FUNDS

Original Actual Ytd Actual March QR Budget 30 June 2011/12 2012/13 2012/13 2013

Total Cash and Investments $M 90.7 64.9 96.4 116.8 Less Restrictions: External $M 42.3 32.3 58.3 66.1 Internal $M 19.0 16.4 21.5 22.2 Total Restrictions 61.3 48.7 79.8 88.3 Available Cash $M 29.4 16.2 16.5 28.5

Adjusted for : Current payables (25.1) (21.4) (21.6) (23.2) Receivables 18.5 20.8 20.7 26.2 Net Payables & Receivables (6.6) (0.6) (0.9) 3.0 Available Funds $M 22.8 15.6 15.6 31.5

The available funds position excludes restricted cash. External restrictions are funds that must be spent for a specific purpose and cannot be used by Council for general operations. Internal restrictions are funds that Council has determined will be used for a specific future purpose. The available funds remain above Council’s Financial Strategy target of 3.5% to 5.5% of operational revenue [pre capital]. Based on the Adopted 2013/14 Annual Plan, the target range for Available Funds is between $7.7M and $12.0M. Actual Available Funds

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at 30 June 2013 are higher primarily due to the early payment of the Federal Assistance Grant ($8.7M), underspend of Council funded capital ($2.5M) and general operational savings. In addition, at the end of the current financial year Council is also carrying prior year improvements that have been partially allocated to projects such as the Crown Street Mall in the Adopted 2013/14 Annual Plan. The Unrestricted Current Ratio measures the cash/liquidity position of an organisation. This ratio is intended to disclose the ability of an organisation to satisfy payment obligations in the short term from the unrestricted activities of Council. While Council’s ratio is currently above the Local Government Benchmark of >2:1, the strategy is to maximise the use of available funds for asset renewal by targeting a lean unrestricted current ratio. Unrestricted Current Ratio 2.50

2.00

1.50 Ratio 1.00

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- JASONDJFMAMJ Monthly Result 2.15 1.85 1.79 2.07 1.82 1.76 2.23 2.20 2.01 2.03 1.90 1.79 Target 1.56 1.56 1.56 1.56 1.56 1.56 1.56 1.56 1.56 1.56 1.56 1.56

Receivables Receivables are the amount of money owed to Council or funds that Council has paid in advance. Non-current rates debtors are included in this amount to measure Available Funds. At June 2013, receivables totalled $26.2M, compared to receivables of $18.5M at June 2012. The increase in outstanding debtors at 30 June 2013 compared to the previous year is mainly due to the revised value of Law Cover receipt of $2M, capital grant funds for the Crown Street Mall upgrade $1.7M and general timing of rates payments and other receipts. Payables Payables (the amount of money owed to suppliers) of $23.2M were owed at June 2013 compared to payables of $25.1M in June 2012. The majority of payables relate to

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goods and services and capital projects delivered but not yet paid for and rating income received in advance. Council has continued to improve its performance in paying its creditors on time during this financial year with 89% of payments being made on time in June 2013 compared to the target of 85%. Debt Council continues to have financial strength in its low level of borrowing. Council’s Financial Strategy includes provision for additional borrowing in the future and Council will consider borrowing opportunities from time to time to bring forward the completion of capital projects where immediate funding is not available. In 2009/10, Council borrowed $26M interest free to assist in the delivery of the West Dapto Access Plan. More recently, Council has been successful in an application for $20M under Local Government Infrastructure Renewal Scheme that will be used over a five year period to accelerate the Citywide Footpaths and Shared Path Renewal and Missing Links Construction Program. The industry measure of debt commitment is the Debt Service Ratio that measures the proportion of revenues that is required to meet annual loan repayments. Council’s low level of debt means that Council’s Debt Service Ratio at the end of June 2013 was 1.6%. This is exceptionally low in comparison to the Local Government’s benchmark ratio of <10% and well within Council’s own longer term target of <4%. It is noted that non-cash interest expense relating to the amortisation of the income recognised on the West Dapto Access Plan Loan is not included when calculating the Debt Service Ratio. Assets The Balance Sheet shows that $2.4B of assets are controlled and managed by Council for the community as at 30 June 2013. The 2012/13 capital works program included projects such as the West Dapto Access Strategy, the Crown Street Mall upgrade, refurbishment of the Wollongong Bathers’ Pavilion, Whytes Gully new landfill cell, other civil asset renewals including roads, car parks and buildings and purchase of library books. At year end expenditure excluding contributed assets amounted to $53.9.M. In addition, $26.0M of contributed assets were recognised during the 2012/13 financial year. These are predominantly roads and drainage assets associated with the handover of sub divisions to Council ($20.7M), government transfers ($4.8M) and donations.

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It specifically delivers on core business activities as detailed in the Financial Services Service Plan 2013-14.

Conclusion The end of year result has been impacted by a range of very large variations that are the result of recording of contributed assets, the timing of grant payments, success in recovering costs from prior years, and the disposal of assets that had an accounting recorded value. The improvement in the Fund Result is largely due to timing issues associated with early receipt of part of the 2013/14 Financial Assistance Grant, progress of capital projects, recognition of a one off litigation receipt and a range of operational savings and improvements compared to budget. The timing impact of the early payment of the Federal Assistance Grant has already been incorporated in the 2013/2014 revised delivery program.

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REF: CM190/13 File: FI-914.05.001 ITEM 8 STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS - JUNE 2013

This report provides an overview of Council’s investment portfolio performance for the month of June 2013. Council’s average weighted return for June 2013 was 3.02% which was above the benchmark return of 2.83%. The result was primarily due to solid returns received on the term deposits, but offset against decreases in market value for the zero coupon bond, mortgage back securities and the NSW Treasury Corp because of the marked to market valuation of this investment in Council’s portfolio. The remainder of Council’s portfolio continues to provide a high level of consistency in income and a high degree credit quality and liquidity.

Recommendation Council receive the Statement of Investments for June 2013.

Attachments 1 Statement of Investments – June 2013 2 Investment Income Compared to Budget 2012-13

Report Authorisations Report of: Brian Jenkins, Manager Finance Authorised by: Greg Doyle, Director Corporate and Community Services – Creative, Engaged and Innovative City

Background Council is required to invest its surplus funds in accordance with the Ministerial Investment Order and Division of Local Government guidelines. The Order reflects a conservative approach and restricts the investment types available to Council. In compliance with the Order and Division of Local Government guidelines, Council has adopted an Investment Policy which was endorsed by Council on 13 August 2012. The Investment Policy provides a framework for the credit quality, institutional diversification and maturity constraints which Council’s portfolio can be exposed to. Council’s investment portfolio is controlled by Council’s Finance Division and external investment advisors, Oakvale Capital Limited, to ensure compliance with the Investment Policy. Council’s Governance Committee role of overseer provides for the review of the Investment Policy prior to submission to Council and review of the Investment Strategy and monthly Statement of Investments.

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Council’s Responsible Accounting Officer is required to sign the complying Statement of Investments contained within the report, certifying that all investments were made in accordance with the Local Government Act 1993 and the Local Government Regulation 2005. Council’s investment holdings as at 28 June 2013 were $115,434,473 (Statement of Investments attachment) [29 June 2012 $89,491,734]. During June, Council posted a weighted average return of 3.02% (annualised) compared to the benchmark return of 2.83% (annualised UBS Warburg Bank Bill Index). As at June, year to date interest and investment revenue of $4,883,465, was recognised compared to a June year to date budget of $5,094,421 (as revised in the March Quarterly Review, attachment 2). Council’s above benchmark investment portfolio returns were primarily due to a mixed result with solid returns received on the term deposits, but offset against decreases in market value for the zero coupon bond, mortgage back securities and the NSW Treasury Corp because of the marked to market valuation of this investment in Council’s portfolio. The performance of the remainder of Council’s portfolio continues to provide a high level of consistency in income and a high degree credit quality and liquidity. Council’s CBA Zero Coupon Bond experienced a decrease in valuation of $40,000 for June. As this bond gradually nears maturity, movements in interest rates will have less of an impact on the securities valuation. While there will be short term fluctuations along the way, the investments valuation will gradually increase to its $4M maturity value. Council’s Westpac floating rate note had a decrease in value of $2,770 for June. Council holds two Mortgaged Backed Securities (MBS) that recorded a decrease in value of $70,682. These investments continue to pay higher than normal variable rates. While the maturity dates are outside Council’s control, our investment advisors have indicated that capital is not at risk at this stage and have recommended a hold strategy due to the illiquid nature of the investment. The NSW T-Corp Long-Term Growth Facility recorded a decrease in value of $54,542 in June. The fluctuation is a reflection of the current share market volatility both domestically and internationally. Following its July 2013 meeting, the RBA decided to leave the official cash rate unchanged at 2.75%. The markets still foresee further rate cuts in 2013, with some predicting a RBA cash rate as low as 2.50% by year’s end. The current inflation rate is consistent with the 2 to 3% target. This report complies with Council’s Investment Policy which was endorsed by Council on 13 August 2012. Council’s Responsible Accounting Officer has signed the complying Statements of Investments contained within the report, certifying that all investments were made in accordance with the Local Government Act 1993 and the Local Government Regulation 2005.

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REF: CM193/13 File: IW-909.008 MINUTES OF THE CITY OF WOLLONGONG TRAFFIC COMMITTEE ITEM 9 MEETING HELD 17 JULY 2013 AND ELECTRONIC MEETING HELD 30 JULY 2013

A meeting of the City of Wollongong Traffic Committee was held on 17 July 2013. The minutes (Items 15 - 16) in relation to Regulation of Traffic, which must be determined by Council, are presented. With respect to the City of Wollongong Traffic Committee minutes of 17 July 2013: Items 1 – 14 and 17 - 19 have been adopted by Council through delegated authority. Items 15 - 16 recommend Council approve the temporary regulation of traffic on public road for works or events by independent parties. An electronic meeting of the City of Wollongong Traffic Committee was held on 30 July 2013 to consider the Southern Stars event at WIN Stadium involving road closures on Harbour and Crown Streets and Marine Drive. The minutes (Item 1) in relation to Regulation of Traffic, which must be determined by Council, are presented.

Recommendation In accordance with the powers delegated to Council, the minutes and recommendations of the City of Wollongong Traffic Committee meeting held 17 July 013 and the electronic meeting held 30 July 2013 in relation to Regulation of Traffic be adopted.

Attachments There are no attachments for this report.

Report Authorisations Report of: Mike Dowd, Manager Infrastructure Strategy and Planning Authorised by: Peter Kofod, Director Infrastructure and Works - Connectivity, Assets and Liveable City

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Background

WOLLONGONG 15 Harbour and Burelli Streets – NRL Match on Saturday 17 August 2013 (TMP ref: Z13/136278)

Background: Council has received an application from the Illawarra Venues Authority for road closures of Harbour and Burelli Streets associated with the next NRL match at WIN Stadium on Saturday evening 17 August 2013. The closures are proposed from 3:30 pm to 10 pm, with the same Traffic Management Plans as approved by Council for previous similar events in 2013.

PROPOSAL SUPPORTED (UNANIMOUSLY): The proposed road closures be approved subject to the submitted traffic management plans and Council’s standard conditions for road closures.

DAPTO 16 Princes Highway and Baan Baan Street - Dapto Street Fair on Sunday 1 September 2013 (TMP Ref: Z13/127628)

Background: Council has received an application from the Dapto Chamber of Commerce to hold the Dapto Fair on Sunday 1 September 2013. The event involves road closures for the Princes Highway and Baan Baan Street with detours via Moombara Street, and Osborne and Station Streets as occurred in previous years.

The closures will be 6 am to 6 pm on the day and traffic management plans were tabled at the meeting. The closures are on local roads but will need concurrent approval from NSW Roads & Maritime Services as the event affects several signalised intersections.

PROPOSAL SUPPORTED (UNANIMOUSLY): The proposed road closures be approved subject to the submitted traffic management plans and Council’s standard conditions for road closures.

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ELECTRONIC MEETING 30 JULY 2013

WOLLONGONG 1 Harbour and Crown Streets and Marine Drive - Southern Stars event – 29 – 31 August 2013 (TMP ref: Z13/142326)

Background: Subsequent to the Traffic Committee meeting on 17 July 2013, the traffic management plans for the Southern Stars event were received and circulated to members of Traffic Committee. The traffic management plans are similar to previous years and involve the regulation of traffic on 29 – 31 August 2013 with road closures in Harbour and Crown Streets and Marine Drive between 9.15 am and 4 pm on Friday 30 August 2013. The event organisers have undertaken to provide resident access to Parkside Avenue as in previous years.

PROPOSAL SUPPORTED (UNANIMOUSLY): The proposed road closures and regulation of traffic be approved subject to the submitted traffic management plans and Council’s standard conditions for road closures.

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REF: CM201/13 File: OSI-20.004 ITEM 10 LATE BUSINESS - FINANCIAL SUSTAINABILITY UPDATE

Council’s Resource Strategy 2012-2022 identifies that whilst Council’s financial position is considered to be sound in the short to medium term, the continuity of services and revenue as they are is not sustainable in the longer term. Council’s Delivery Program 2012-17 and Annual Plan 2013-14 recognises Council’s commitment to work with our community to review Council services and discuss options for the future to achieve financial sustainability. This report provides an update on the progress toward achieving this and recommends actions going forward.

Recommendation Council endorse a comprehensive Financial Sustainability Review that considers service levels, efficiency opportunities and revenue increases. This Program to also include strategies for extensive community engagement in the development of these options.

Attachments There are no attachments for this report.

Report Authorisations Report of: Kerry Hunt, Executive Manager Strategy Authorised by: David Farmer, General Manager

Background 1 Introduction In 2007 Council commissioned a Financial Sustainability Review that concluded Council had an infrastructure renewal backlog of $192 million. The review recommended that Council should address its backlog by generating additional funding through increasing rates and fees and charges, reducing expenditure, increasing developer charges and introducing loan borrowings. Council did not elect to address sustainability as recommended at that time, and chose to adopt a less aggressive approach of: - reducing internal costs through operational efficiencies, - allocating a greater portion of its internal capital funding to asset renewals rather than new assets, and - seeking additional external funding for new assets.

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Over the last five years, the organisation has developed and implemented a number of initiatives to harvest operational savings and make those savings available for capital expenditure on asset renewal. Approximately $20M in operational budget improvements has been achieved. In June 2009 council adopted a Financial Strategy to provide direction and context for decision making in the allocation, management and use of Council’s financial resources. The Strategy set the parameters within which Council would operate to ensure that Council remained financially stable but did not directly set targets to achieve financial sustainability. The strategy acknowledged that the operating results [pre capital] is one of the main indicators of the long term financial viability and in broad terms, a deficit from operations indicated that Council was not earning sufficient revenue to fund its ongoing operations (services) and continue to renew its assets that are an integral part of that service. The strategy seeks to ensure that the annual deficit was not increased in the short term, while stating the need to develop actions in consultation with its community to move towards surplus budgets. The continuation of a savings program has been built into Council’s 10 year Resourcing Wollongong 2022 Strategy. At the time of adoption (2012), the Strategy commits Council to an operational improvement target of $3.3M in 2012-13, and an annual savings totalling $12.4M by 2022. At the time of writing this report the target is now $10.5M savings. Achievement of the savings target stabilises Council’s operating deficit, though does not achieve an operating surplus. 2 Council’s Project Financial Position Council’s short to medium term financial capacity is considered to be sound by the NSW Treasury Corporation (‘T-Corp’)(2012). Council has: - a large portfolio of operational and community assets, - balanced cash flows over 10 years, - a positive financial asset position within low levels of debt, and - strong cash holdings that provide capacity to manage normal variations in operational performance or provide opportunity for future investment. The key to long term financial viability, however, is the operational performance of an organisation. Council’s pre-capital operating forecast continues to be in deficit around $15M per annum over the next five years after allowing for achievement of the savings program – a clearly unsustainable position. The longer term outlooks shows little sign of improvement. Whilst Council will continue to increase its funds available for capital works, the consumption of assets (depreciation) continues to outstrip the funding available for renewal, with the gap being about $24M annually. TCorp considers these issues to be significant and could impact the long term financial sustainability of Council. Further ongoing cost controls or securing new or additional revenue in future years is recommended by TCorp to address these issues.

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The Division of Local Government (DLG) who has an oversight and monitoring responsibility for local government performance in New South Wales, has also indicated that Council needs to more strongly demonstrate how it intends to achieve financial sustainability over the longer term through its Resourcing Strategy. Council’s existing Resource Strategy recognises the asset dilemma faced and that the challenge will require us to either increase our revenue, or make concessions on our services or levels of service. The current Long Term Financial Plan includes a baseline plan that reflects existing policy and service levels. The Plan identified that: ‘Council will move forward with the baseline scenario, then will engage the community to explore the dilemma faced by the organisation with regard to its assets and review the options available into the future’ (page 13). 3 How we begin to take this issue Council’s recently endorsed Annual Plan 2013-14 identifies an annual deliverable to ‘determine Council’s position on rates to address the infrastructure shortfall’ (4.4.5.3). Scenarios 2 and 3 of Council’s current Long Term Financial Plan incorporate rates increases, amongst other revenue generating activities, although the level rate is not yet determined. These Scenarios require further modelling, and the ‘elasticity’ in the levels of change pertaining to revenue increases, service adjustments, and efficiency measures will depend on community and Council preferences for where change should occur. Guidelines set by the Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal (IPART) indicate Council’s need to have the conversation with their community about any rates increases in the context of its Delivery Program, Annual Plans and Resourcing Strategy. Community involvement is required in determining the service levels that are appropriate for the community’s needs, and the community’s capacity and willingness to pay increased rates. A program is currently being drafted internally to provide an approach and options to address Council’s Financial Sustainability. The program will include actions which see a continuation of efficiency gains, improving revenue streams and consideration of services and service levels. If rates increases are part of the picture it can be one measure amongst a range of other actions to improve the long term viability of the Council. Current and proposed additional actions include:  service and operational reviews and adjustments – such reviews would consider service levels, pricing, productivity measures and benchmarking,  internal budget harvesting, centrally controlling some expenditure and setting revised revenue and expenditure parameters,  staff structures, establishment levels and delivery methods,  continued redistribution of capital funds into renewal rather than creation of new assets,  fees for services,

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 asset rationalisation,  review of subsidisation, grants and donations,  entrepreneurial and shared service options,  preparation for potential rate increase application. 4 How we involve the community It is far better that these actions happen now to curb the trend toward longer term decline, and to minimise any impact on services to the community. It is important the community are informed of the longer term financial position of the Council, and that they are involved in decisions made about actions to manage it. Over the next six months, Council will need to review its Delivery Program, Annual Plan (including Budget) and Resourcing Strategy to factor in a financially sustainable target for the organisation and to ensure our operating budget is in balance. Strategies to achieve this must be affirmed with the community, and the conversation will need to commence almost immediately. Council will seek to work with the community in addressing this dilemma. The proposed process is that a Financial Sustainability Program be developed first up to provide the suite of actions necessary to address financial sustainability. This is likely to include: 1 Operational and efficiency improvements. 2 Service and service level reviews. 3 Opportunities for increased revenue. Following this, engagement with Councillors and the community for feedback on the extent (ie levels) of change that should be implemented for each of the proposed actions will be undertaken (that is, efficiency levels, service levels, and rating and/or fee levels). A comprehensive community engagement strategy will be required to deliver this program.

Proposal It is proposed that the following take place:  A Councillor briefing identifying the options for improving Council’s long term financial position. These recommendations are considered and included in an updated Financial Sustainability Program. This will be reported to Council this quarter.  An internal review will identify opportunities for improving operational and service efficiencies. A Councillor briefing will follow. This information will support the process.

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 The design and delivery of community engagement on desired levels of service, and options for funding Council’s services and assets going forward into the future.  A new Resourcing Strategy is prepared complete with updated financial modelling.  Consideration of options for long term financial sustainability going forward, including the possibility of a special rate variation. If a decision is made to increase rates, IPART require notification of an application for a special variation by December 2013.

Consultation and Communication A financial sustainability target needs to be part of Council’s Integrated Planning and Reporting documents, and therefore consultation around financial sustainability will feed into community engagement processes for the Delivery Program, Annual Plan and Resourcing Strategy. Engagement will need to result in a position from the community on how Council is to achieve financial sustainability, and therefore will go beyond techniques recently used for the draft Annual Plan 2013-14. The conversation with the community will also need to commence much earlier and is likely to be iterative to consider community views on services and willingness to pay or seek alternatives to funding priorities. A report will be put to Council in September proposing options for engaging the community.

Planning and Policy Impact Embarking on this journey aligns with the Local Government Reform Agenda currently being set by the State Government. The Independent Local Government Review Panel (ILGRP) consider “the starting point (for local government reform) is fiscal responsibility – by which asset and financial management, the level of rates and charges, distribution of grants, setting of service standards, performance improvement and audit practices are all aligned to achieve the long term goal of financial sustainability” (ILGRP 2013). This report relates to the commitments of Council as contained within the Strategic Management Plans: Wollongong 2022 Councillor Aspiration 1: Financial Sustainability – Our Council is committed to improving the standards of community assets over the five year Council term. This will be achieved by directing 85% of all capital investment into asset renewal, and a strong emphasis of cost effectiveness in service provision. Wollongong 2022 Community Goal and Objective – This report contributes to the Wollongong 2022 Objective ‘Our Local Council has the Trust of the Community’ under the Community Goal ‘We are a Connected and Engaged Community’. It specifically addresses the Annual Plan 2013-14 Key Deliverables ‘Determine Council’s Position on Rates to Address the Infrastructure Shortfall’ which forms part of

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the Five Year Action ‘pursue alternative funding options to delivery Council Services and Facilities’ contained within the Delivery Program 2012-17.

Risk Assessment There are significant risks to the Program. There is a possibility that a rates increase will be part of the mix, and that the public and media response to this is most likely to be negative. There is also a chance that a reduction, or even removal of some services, is also part of the outcome. If a rates increase is identified by the community as being needed, the timeframe for applying for this is very tight. Despite these risks, the implications of not addressing, not achieving a sustainable financial position are wide-reaching.

Financial Implications The financial implications of focusing our direction and seeking a solution to obtaining financial sustainability will be significant. The project will require significant reallocation of staff, management and senior management time across a number of different phases of the project. There will be financial resources required to undertake the community engagement component of this Program. This is being considered in the preparation of future Council reports that more fully address the Council resolutions identified below. It is anticipated the scale and cost of the engagement will be significant. This project will provide response and outcomes for the Council resolution from its meeting of 24 June 2013: Minute No 116: 4 Council consider a report on the costs and implications of conducting a review on the areas of operation not recently reviewed, and the report include a list of services recently reviewed. 5 A report come to Council on what are the options of having a Citizen’s Jury on the components of the budget, including costings and processes, as well as reviewing the whole consultation process conducted during the 2013-14 budget process. Future reports updating this Program will respond in greater detail to the abovementioned resolution.

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Conclusion Financial Sustainability is a key focus for local government reform. Council has recognised the need to address our long term financial outlook through implementing a number of measures in the past, including a Financial Sustainability Strategy. Actions in addition to our savings program are needed to achieve long term financial sustainability, to ensure that the standard of Councils public assets are fit for purpose over the medium to long term.

MINUTES ORDINARY MEETING OF COUNCIL

at 6.00pm

Monday 22 July 2013

Present Lord Mayor – Councillor Bradbery OAM (in the Chair), Councillors Kershaw, Brown, Takacs, Martin, Merrin, Blicavs (from 7.33 pm), Dorahy, Colacino, Crasnich, Curran and Petty

In Attendance General Manager – D Farmer, Director Corporate and Community Services – Creative, Engaged and Innovative City – G Doyle, Director Infrastructure and Works – Connectivity, Assets and Liveable City - P Kofod, Director Planning and Environment – Nature, City and Neighbourhoods – A Carfield, Manager Governance and Information – L Kofod, Manager Finance – B Jenkins, Manager Property and Recreation – P Coyte, Manager Environmental Strategy and Planning – R Campbell, Manager Project Delivery – G Whittaker, Manager Infrastructure Strategy and Planning - M Dowd, Manager Community Cultural and Economic Development – T Buchanan and Manager Development Assessment and Certification – M Riordan

Apology Min No. 123 RESOLVED on the motion of Councillor Martin seconded Councillor Brown that the apology tendered on behalf of Councillor Connor be accepted.

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INDEX PAGE NO.

Disclosures of Interest ...... 1

National Tree Day ...... 1

Confirmation of Minutes of Ordinary Meeting of Council held on Monday, 24 June 2013 ...... 1

Public Access Forum ...... 2

ITEM A Lord Mayoral Minute – Recognition of Local Players in Winning the 2013 Rugby League World Cup – Australian Jillaroos ...... 3

Call of the Agenda ...... 3

Suspension of Standing Orders ...... 3

ITEM 1 Farmborough Heights to Mt Kembla Strategic Planning Study ...... 3

ITEM 2 Review of Wollongong Innovation Campus Masterplan (Wollongong Development Control Plan 2009 - Chapter 14) (CM156/13) ...... 4

ITEM 3 Potential Rezoning of Kemblawarra Business Park (241-249 Shellharbour Road, Port Kembla) to Light Industrial (CM155/13) ...... 5

ITEM 4 Proposed Closure and Exit Strategy for the Port Kembla Copper Former Slag Emplacement at Korrungulla Swamp - Lot 1 DP 653310 and Lot 2 DP773067 (CM154/13) ...... 5

ITEM 5 Unanderra Town Centre Master Plan and Implementation Strategy (CM152/13) ...... 6

ITEM 6 West Dapto Local Infrastructure Funding, Expenditure and Allocation Process Including Section 94 Development Contributions (CM146/13) ...... 7

ITEM 7 West Dapto Home Deposit Assistance Program (CM157/13) ...... 7

ITEM 8 Crown Street and Inner City Building Facade Rejuvenation Program (CM165/13) ...... 8

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Suspension of Standing Orders ...... 8

ITEM 1 Farmborough Heights to Mt Kembla Strategic Planning Study ...... 9

ITEM 9 Proposed Sale of Part of Lot 192 DP 700165 Nolan Street, Berkeley (CM161/13) ...... 9

ITEM 10 Live Music Taskforce (CM166/13) ...... 10

ITEM 11 Approval for Attendance and Accommodation - Local Government NSW Annual Conference (CM170/13) ...... 11

ITEM 12 Economic Development Visit to China (CM168/13) ...... 12

ITEM 13 Establishment of Panel of Conduct Reviewers (CM171/13) ...... 12

ITEM 14 Draft Internal Reporting Policy (CM169/13) ...... 13

ITEM 15 Organisational Restructure (CM175/13) ...... 13

ITEM 16 Local Government Filming Protocol 2009 (CM167/13) ...... 14

ITEM 17 Proposed Naming of Unnamed Lanes in Coledale and Austinmer (CM158/13) ...... 14

ITEM 18 Proposed Acquisition of Part of Lot 1 DP 325463 No 19 Wilga Street, Corrimal for Road Widening of Joyce Lane (CM159/13) ...... 14

ITEM 19 Tender T11/11 Electrical Distribution Board Inspections and Testing (CM173/13) ...... 15 ITEM 20 Tender T13/14 - Renewal of the Public Amenities at Towradgi Park, Towradgi (CM174/13) ...... 15

ITEM 21 Statement of Investments - May 2013 (CM163/13) ...... 16

ITEM 22 Minutes of the City of Wollongong Traffic Committee meeting held 19 June 2013 (CM172/13) ...... 16

ITEM 23 Bi-Monthly Tabling of Returns of Disclosures of Interest (CM164/13) ...... 16

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Minute No. DISCLOSURES OF INTEREST Councillor Takacs declared a significant, non-pecuniary interest in Item 2 due to his employment by the University of Wollongong. He advised that he would be vacating the Council Chambers during discussion and voting on the matter.

Councillor Martin declared a non-pecuniary, non-significant conflict of interest in Items 1 and 3 as they both deal with planning proposals and she is employed by the Department of Planning and Infrastructure. Councillor Martin also declared a non-pecuniary, non-significant conflict of interest in Item 4 due to a long-term working relationship with Port Kembla Copper, as a resident of Port Kembla and as an artist. She stated that there was no specific relationship with respect to the site, which is the subject of the report.

Councillor Petty declared a significant, pecuniary interest in Item 3 by virtue of his employment. He advised that during the preparation of the report, he had been contacted by Council staff for input on the industry. Due to this contact, Councillor Petty stated that he would depart the Council Chambers during discussion and voting on the matter.

NATIONAL TREE DAY Councillor Takacs extended congratulations to Council staff involved in preparing sites for National Tree Day. He stated that this year there will be 2,700 plantings and he encouraged the community to come along to the following sites between 10 am to 1 pm this Sunday, 28 July 2013: Oleander Reserve, Greenhouse Park, Throsby Drive, Puckeys Estate and William Beach Park.

CONFIRMATION OF MINUTES OF ORDINARY MEETING OF COUNCIL HELD ON MONDAY, 24 JUNE 2013 124 RESOLVED UNANIMOUSLY on the motion of Councillor Brown seconded Councillor Kershaw that the Minutes of the Ordinary Meeting of Council held on Monday, 24 June 2013 (a copy having been circulated to Councillors) be taken as read and confirmed.

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PUBLIC ACCESS FORUM Mr I Wilson from Port Kembla Copper (PKC) outlined his company’s proposal to remediate and rehabilitate the former slag emplacement site at Primbee into a wetland reserve for dedication to Council and benefit to the broader community. He advised that the land had no commercial value for PKC and the company had no opportunity to develop the site due to zoning restrictions. He said that the proposal to dedicate the land to Council for future community and environmental benefit is considered to be the best planning outcome, following extensive consultation with stakeholders, including the community, Council officers and the Environmental Protection Authority. He stated that in future PKC will cease to exist and because of a long-standing involvement and connection with the local community, the company would like to take the opportunity to provide this land for the benefit of the community and the environment. PKC had engaged a leading environmental consultant, with vast experience in assessing and managing contaminated sites across Australia. The site will be remediated and rehabilitated to ensure there are no risks to the local community and the environment, whilst also preparing the site for future local conservation and community benefits. In conclusion, Mr Wilson said the proposal would result in a new habitat for local and migratory birds, a potential breeding ground for green and golden bell frogs, as well as an extension of the existing Council wetland, increasing the conservation benefits for the local area.

125 COUNCIL’S RESOLUTION - RESOLVED UNANIMOUSLY on the motion of Councillor Brown seconded Councillor Martin that Mr Wilson be thanked for his presentation.

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LORD MAYORAL MINUTE – RECOGNITION OF LOCAL PLAYERS IN WINNING THE 2013 RUGBY LEAGUE WORLD CUP – AUSTRALIAN JILLAROOS 126 COUNCIL’S RESOLUTION – RESOLVED UNANIMOUSLY on the motion of Councillor Bradbery that Council formally – 1 Congratulate Samantha Hammond, Emma Tonegato, Emily Andrews and Tegan Chandler, as members of the Australian Jillaroos, on winning the 2013 Rugby League World Cup. 2 Recognise Samantha Hammond, Emma Tonegato, Emily Andrews and Tegan Chandler by way of inclusion in the Council’s Recognition Awards Ceremony and Reception, due later in 2013. Councillors also recognised the achievements of Samantha, Emma, Emily and Tegan by way of acclamation.

CALL OF THE AGENDA 127 COUNCIL’S RESOLUTION – RESOLVED UNANIMOUSLY on the motion of Councillor Brown seconded Councillor Kershaw that the staff recommendations for Items 5, 6, 13, 14, 16 to 19 and 21 to 23 inclusive, be adopted as a block.

SUSPENSION OF STANDING ORDERS 128 COUNCIL’S RESOLUTION – RESOLVED UNANIMOUSLY on the motion of Councillor Brown seconded Councillor Martin that Item 1 be considered under Suspension of Standing Orders and deferred for consideration pending the attendance of Councillor Blicavs.

ITEM 1 - FARMBOROUGH HEIGHTS TO MT KEMBLA STRATEGIC PLANNING STUDY This Item was considered under Suspension of Standing Order (refer Minute Numbers 128 and 134).

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DEPARTURE OF COUNCILLOR Due to a prior disclosure of interest, Councillor Takacs departed the Council Chambers prior to discussion and voting on Item 2.

ITEM 2 - REVIEW OF WOLLONGONG INNOVATION CAMPUS MASTERPLAN (WOLLONGONG DEVELOPMENT CONTROL PLAN 2009 - CHAPTER 14) 129 COUNCIL’S RESOLUTION – RESOLVED UNANIMOUSLY on the motion of Councillor Brown seconded Councillor Kershaw that – 1 a The Wollongong DCP 2009 Chapter D14 be amended by deleting references to the Ajax Avenue extension (at Chapter D14: Fig 50 and elsewhere). b The revised draft Wollongong Development Control Plan 2009 Chapter D14: Wollongong Innovation Campus be publicly exhibited for a minimum period of twenty eight (28) days. c The formal review of the Precinct Plan be undertaken at intervals not to exceed 5 years. 2 The final revised draft Wollongong Development Control Plan 2009 Chapter D14: Wollongong Innovation Campus be reported back to Council for adoption following consideration of any public submissions arising from the exhibition process. Variation The variation moved by Councillor Merrin (the addition of Part 1c) was accepted by the mover and seconder.

DEPARTURE OF COUNCILLOR Due to a prior disclosure of interest, Councillor Petty departed the Council Chambers prior to discussion and voting on Item 3.

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ITEM 3 - POTENTIAL REZONING OF KEMBLAWARRA BUSINESS PARK (241-249 SHELLHARBOUR ROAD, PORT KEMBLA) TO LIGHT INDUSTRIAL 130 COUNCIL’S RESOLUTION - RESOLVED on the motion of Councillor Crasnich seconded Councillor Brown that – 1 The Planning Proposal to include storage premises (including self- storage units) as a permissible use (with consent) in the IN3 Heavy Industrial zone, be finalised. 2 A letter be sent to those who made submissions thanking them for their submission and advising them of the outcome of the Planning Proposal.

In favour Councillors Kershaw, Brown, Martin, Takacs, Merrin, Dorahy, Colacino, Crasnich, and Bradbery Against Councillor Curran

ITEM 4 - PROPOSED CLOSURE AND EXIT STRATEGY FOR THE PORT KEMBLA COPPER FORMER SLAG EMPLACEMENT AT KORRUNGULLA SWAMP - LOT 1 DP 653310 AND LOT 2 DP773067 131 COUNCIL’S RESOLUTION – MOVED by Councillor Merrin seconded Councillor Takacs that – 1 Council endorse the closure approach which includes the dedication of the land to Council after (and only if) it has been remediated to a condition which is unlikely to pose a risk to current and future users and occupants of the site and surrounding properties, including the environmental health of the groundwater and Lake Illawarra. 2 The recommendations outlined in the peer review by Coffey and Council, be included in a revised Closure and Exit Strategy. 3 The revised Closure and Exit Strategy go through a period of public consultation and exhibition, with the final formal negotiations to be carried out following the exhibition. Variation The variations moved by – • Councillor Brown to add the word ‘final’ to Part 3, and • Councillor Curran to add the words ‘including the environmental health of the groundwater and Lake Illawarra’ to Part 1, were accepted by the mover and seconder.

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Minute No. An AMENDMENT was MOVED by Councillor Petty seconded Councillor Brown that the Closure and Exit Strategy go through a period of public consultation and exhibition, with the final formal negotiations to be carried out following the exhibition.

Councillor Petty’s AMENDMENT on being PUT to the VOTE was LOST. In favour Councillor Petty Against Councillors Kershaw, Brown, Martin, Takacs, Merrin, Dorahy, Colacino, Crasnich, Curran and Bradbery

Councillor Merrin’s MOTION on being PUT to the VOTE was CARRIED. In favour Councillors Kershaw, Brown, Martin, Takacs, Merrin, Dorahy, Colacino, Crasnich, Curran and Bradbery Against Councillor Petty

ITEM 5 - UNANDERRA TOWN CENTRE MASTER PLAN AND IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGY The following staff recommendation was adopted as part of the Block Adoption of Items (refer Minute Number 127). COUNCIL’S RESOLUTION - 1 The Unanderra Town Centre Master Plan be adopted (Attachment 1 to the report). 2 The Unanderra Town Centre Implementation Strategy be endorsed to guide implementation and future capital expenditure (Attachment 2 to the report). 3 The input provided by the community into the preparation of the Unanderra Town Centre Master Plan be acknowledged (Consultation reports provided in Attachment 3 to the report).

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ITEM 6 - WEST DAPTO LOCAL INFRASTRUCTURE FUNDING, EXPENDITURE AND ALLOCATION PROCESS INCLUDING SECTION 94 DEVELOPMENT CONTRIBUTIONS The following staff recommendation was adopted as part of the Block Adoption of Items (refer Minute Number 127). COUNCIL’S RESOLUTION - The income and expenditure of Section 94 Development Contributions within the West Dapto Release Area, Stages 1 and 2, and the process for the allocation of Section 94 Contributions for future stages of the West Dapto Release Area, be noted.

ITEM 7 - WEST DAPTO HOME DEPOSIT ASSISTANCE PROGRAM 132 COUNCIL’S RESOLUTION - RESOLVED UNANIMOUSLY on the motion of Councillor Martin seconded Councillor Crasnich that – 1 Council place the proposed Home Deposit Assistance Program on public exhibition for a period of 28 days for inclusion in Council’s Annual Plan 2013/14 as an additional financial assistance program available for private gain. 2 Following completion of the public exhibition, a further report be submitted to Council outlining any submissions received.

ATTENDANCE AND DEPARTURE OF COUNCILLORS During discussion and prior to voting on Item 8 - • Councillor Blicavs attended the meeting, the time being 7.33 pm. • Councillor Merrin departed and returned to the meeting, the time being from 7.41 pm to 7.44 pm.

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ITEM 8 - CROWN STREET AND INNER CITY BUILDING FACADE REJUVENATION PROGRAM 133 COUNCIL’S RESOLUTION - RESOLVED on the motion of Councillor Brown seconded Councillor Merrin that – 1 Council place the proposed Crown Street and Inner City Building Façade Rejuvenation Program, as amended, on public exhibition for a period of 28 days for inclusion in Council’s Annual Plan 2013/14 as an additional financial assistance program available for private gain, subject to the following – a The program be amended by – i Allowing works to include under-awning lighting, streetscape lighting and disabled access. ii The priority criteria for applicants include a measure to support small and medium businesses. b The program explain to applicants what information will be made publicly available concerning their rejuvenation works. 2 Following completion of public exhibition, a further report be submitted to Council outlining any submissions received. 3 Council endorse the program area outlined in Option 1, shown as Attachment 2 to the report.

In favour Councillors Brown, Martin, Takacs, Merrin, Blicavs, Dorahy, Colacino, Crasnich and Bradbery Against Councillors Kershaw, Curran and Petty

SUSPENSION OF STANDING ORDERS Item 1 was considered as the next Item of business, following an earlier motion to suspend Standing Orders, pending the arrival of Councillor Blicavs (refer Minute Number 128).

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ITEM 1 - FARMBOROUGH HEIGHTS TO MT KEMBLA STRATEGIC PLANNING STUDY 134 COUNCIL’S RESOLUTION - RESOLVED UNANIMOUSLY on the motion of Councillor Blicavs seconded Councillor Brown that – 1 The findings of Stage 2 of the Farmborough Heights to Mt Kembla Strategic Planning Study be noted. 2 The draft Farmborough Heights to Mt Kembla Concept Plan, developed as a result of the Farmborough Heights to Mt Kembla Strategic Planning Study, and associated technical reports be exhibited for a minimum period of six (6) weeks and submissions invited. 3 Following the exhibition period, a report be presented to Council on submissions received and the proposed next steps in the process.

Standing Orders were resumed.

DEPARTURE OF COUNCILLOR During discussion and prior to voting on Item 9, Councillor Crasnich departed and returned to the meeting, the time being from 8.04 pm to 8.07 pm.

ITEM 9 - PROPOSED SALE OF PART OF LOT 192 DP 700165 NOLAN STREET, BERKELEY MOVED by Councillor Merrin seconded Councillor Curran that Council retain ownership of part of Lot 192 DP 700165 Nolan Street, Berkeley.

Councillor Kershaw foreshadowed that should the above motion be lost, she would move a motion in accordance with the recommendations contained in the report.

Councillor Merrin’s motion on being PUT to the VOTE was LOST. In favour Councillors Merrin and Curran Against Councillors Kershaw, Brown, Martin, Takacs, Blicavs, Dorahy, Colacino, Crasnich, Petty and Bradbery

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A PROCEDURAL MOTION was MOVED by Councillor Takacs seconded Councillor Curran that the matter lay on the table pending the receipt of information relating to the consultation undertaken between bushcare staff and the contractor who looks after the area.

Councillor Takacs’ Procedural Motion on being PUT to the VOTE was LOST. In favour Councillors Takacs, Merrin, Curran and Petty Against Councillors Kershaw, Brown, Martin, Blicavs, Dorahy, Colacino, Crasnich and Bradbery

135 COUNCIL’S RESOLUTION - Councillor Kershaw then moved the following motion seconded by Councillor Brown – 1 Council authorise the sale of part of Lot 192 DP 700165 Nolan Street, Berkeley, as shown shaded red on the attachment to the report. 2 Authority be granted to affix the Common Seal of Council to the transfer documents and any other documentation required to give effect to this resolution.

Councillor Kershaw’s motion on being put to the VOTE was CARRIED. In favour Councillors Kershaw, Brown, Martin, Takacs, Blicavs, Dorahy, Colacino, Crasnich and Bradbery Against Councillors Merrin, Curran and Petty

ITEM 10 LIVE MUSIC TASKFORCE 136 COUNCIL’S RESOLUTION - RESOLVED on the motion of Councillor Brown seconded Councillor Martin that - 1 Council endorse the draft terms of reference for the Live Music Taskforce as amended, by changing the Councillor representation to read ‘up to five Councillors, one of whom shall be appointed Chair’, with consequential changes to the quorum. 2 Council nominate up to five Councillors to be representatives on the Taskforce, and one Councillor to be appointed Chair. 3 A further report be provided to Council on 12 August 2013 with the Assessment Panel recommendations for the community representatives on the Taskforce.

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In favour Councillors Kershaw, Brown, Martin, Takacs, Merrin, Dorahy, Colacino, Crasnich, Curran, Petty and Bradbery Against Councillor Blicavs

137 COUNCIL’S RESOLUTION - RESOLVED UNANIMOUSLY on the motion of Councillor Dorahy seconded Councillor Curran that –

1 Councillors Martin, Dorahy, Crasnich, Curran and Colacino be elected members of the Live Music Taskforce. 2 Councillor Martin be elected Chair of the Taskforce.

ITEM 11 - APPROVAL FOR ATTENDANCE AND ACCOMMODATION - LOCAL GOVERNMENT NSW ANNUAL CONFERENCE 138 COUNCIL’S RESOLUTION - RESOLVED UNANIMOUSLY on the motion of Councillor Brown seconded Councillor Crasnich that – 1 The Lord Mayor and Councillors Kershaw, Merrin, Petty, Dorahy, Brown, Blicavs, Crasnich, Connor, Martin and Curran be authorised to attend the Local Government NSW - 2013 Annual Conference and associated functions, staying two nights on business. 2 Council delegate voting rights to Councillors at the Council meeting on 9 September 2013. Variation The variation moved by Councillor Crasnich (Part 1: The inclusion of his name as a Councillor attending the Conference) was accepted by the mover.

DEPARTURE OF COUNCILLOR During discussion and prior to voting on Item 12, Councillor Curran departed and returned to the meeting, the time being from 8.55 pm to 8.58 pm.

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ITEM 12 - ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT VISIT TO CHINA MOVED by Councillor Colacino seconded Councillor Takacs that Council authorise the economic development visit to China as described in the report. 139 COUNCIL’S RESOLUTION - An AMENDMENT was MOVED by Councillor Petty seconded Councillor Curran that – 1 Council authorise the economic development visit to China as described in the report. 2 Any Councillor wishing to join the trip be approved to do so at their own expense.

Councillor Petty’s AMENDMENT on being PUT to the VOTE was CARRIED. In favour Councillors Kershaw, Brown, Martin, Takacs, Merrin, Dorahy, Curran, Petty and Bradbery Against Councillors Blicavs, Colacino and Crasnich

Councillor Petty’s AMENDMENT then BECAME the MOTION. The MOTION on being PUT to the VOTE was CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.

ITEM 13 - ESTABLISHMENT OF PANEL OF CONDUCT REVIEWERS The following staff recommendation was adopted as part of the Block Adoption of Items (refer Minute Number 127). COUNCIL’S RESOLUTION - Council establish a panel of Conduct Reviewers, for a term of four years, comprising: Daintry Associates Pty Ltd, LKA Group Pty Ltd, Richard Colley, Esther McKay, Anthony Johnson, Internal Audit Bureau, Peter Zdjelar, O’Connell Workplace Relations Pty Ltd, Strategic Risk Solutions, Prevention Partners NSW, SINC Solutions Pty Ltd, Cripps Consulting and Lloyd Wilson Graham Planning Consultancy.

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ITEM 14 - DRAFT INTERNAL REPORTING POLICY The following staff recommendation was adopted as part of the Block Adoption of Items (refer Minute Number 127). COUNCIL’S RESOLUTION - Council endorse the revised draft Internal Reporting Policy.

ITEM 15 - ORGANISATIONAL RESTRUCTURE 140 COUNCIL’S RESOLUTION - RESOLVED UNANIMOUSLY on the motion of Councillor Brown seconded Councillor Blicavs that – 1 The report be received and noted, subject to a change in the organisational structure chart to show the community at the top, followed by Councillors and then the General Manager. 2 Council endorse the Division title “Infrastructure Strategy and Planning”. 3 Council duly designate the identified ‘senior staff’ positions within the organisational structure, as required under the Local Government Act 1993 - General Manager; Director Corporate and Community Services – Creative, Engaged and Innovative City; Director Planning and Environment – Nature, City and Neighbourhoods; Director Infrastructure and Works – Connectivity, Assets and Liveable City; Divisional Manager Regulation and Enforcement; Divisional Manager Development Assessment and Certification; Divisional Manager Environmental Strategy and Planning; Divisional Manager Finance; Divisional Manager Governance and Information; Divisional Manager Human Resources; Divisional Manager Community Cultural and Economic Development; Divisional Manager Property and Recreation; Divisional Manager Library and Community Services; Divisional Manager City Works and Services; Divisional Manager Project Delivery; Divisional Manager Infrastructure Strategy and Planning; General Counsel. Variation The variation moved by Councillor Petty (the addition of the following words to Part 1 ‘subject to a change in the organisational structure chart to show the community at the top, followed by Councillors and then the General Manager’) was accepted by the mover and seconder.

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ITEM 16 - LOCAL GOVERNMENT FILMING PROTOCOL 2009 The following staff recommendation was adopted as part of the Block Adoption of Items (refer Minute Number 127). COUNCIL’S RESOLUTION - Council revoke the Filming in the Illawarra Policy.

ITEM 17 - PROPOSED NAMING OF UNNAMED LANES IN COLEDALE AND AUSTINMER The following staff recommendation was adopted as part of the Block Adoption of Items (refer Minute Number 127). COUNCIL’S RESOLUTION - Action be taken under Section 162 of the Roads Act 1993 to give formal notice of the proposal to name unnamed lanes at Coledale and Austinmer, as shown on the attachments to this report as follows: 1 Lane 35 at Coledale to be named as Cowell Lane. 2 Lane 36 at Coledale to be named as Tuckerman Lane. 3 Lane 45 at Austinmer to be named as Little Austinmer Lane.

ITEM 18 - PROPOSED ACQUISITION OF PART OF LOT 1 DP 325463 NO 19 WILGA STREET, CORRIMAL FOR ROAD WIDENING OF JOYCE LANE The following staff recommendation was adopted as part of the Block Adoption of Items (refer Minute Number 127). COUNCIL’S RESOLUTION - 1 Council acquire the strip of land 3.5m wide from the rear of Lot 1 DP 325463 No 19 Wilga Street, Corrimal adjoining Joyce Lane, as shown on the attachment to the report, on the following conditions - a Compensation in the amount of $18,000 (GST exc) be paid for the land. b Council being responsible for all costs in the matter. 2 Upon acquisition, the land be dedicated as public road under the provisions of Section 10 of the Roads Act 1993. 3 Authority be granted to affix the Common Seal of Council to the transfer documents and any other documentation required to give effect to this resolution.

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ITEM 19 - TENDER T11/11 ELECTRICAL DISTRIBUTION BOARD INSPECTIONS AND TESTING The following staff recommendation was adopted as part of the Block Adoption of Items (refer Minute Number 127). COUNCIL’S RESOLUTION – 1 In accordance with the Local Government (General) Regulation 2005, Clause 178 (1) (a), Council accept the tender of Thomas and Coffey for Electrical Distribution Board Inspection and Testing. 2 Council delegate to the General Manager the authority to finalise and execute the contract and any other documentation required to give effect to this resolution. 3 Council grant authority for the use of the Common Seal of Council on the contract and any other documentation, should it be required to give effect to this resolution.

ITEM 20 - TENDER T13/14 - RENEWAL OF THE PUBLIC AMENITIES AT TOWRADGI PARK, TOWRADGI 141 COUNCIL’S RESOLUTION - RESOLVED UNANIMOUSLY on the motion of Councillor Colacino seconded Councillor Kershaw that – 1 In accordance with the Local Government (General) Regulation 2005, Clause 178 (1) (a), Council accept the tender of Project Co-ordination Pty Ltd for Renewal of the Public Amenities Towradgi Park, Towradgi in the sum of $765,700.00, excluding GST. 2 Council delegate to the General Manager the authority to finalise and execute the contract and any other documentation required to give effect to this resolution. 3 Council grant authority for the use of the Common Seal of Council on the contract and any other documentation, should it be required to give effect to this resolution. 4 Council allocate an additional sum of $75,000, excluding GST, from the Capital Project Contingency to B315705 - Towradgi Pool/Park – Replacement of Toilets. 5 A report be submitted to the Information Folder on the final cost of construction. Variation The variation moved by Councillor Petty (the inclusion of Part 5) was accepted by the mover and seconder.

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ITEM 21 - STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS - MAY 2013 The following staff recommendation was adopted as part of the Block Adoption of Items (refer Minute Number 127). COUNCIL’S RESOLUTION - Council receive the Statement of Investments for May 2013.

ITEM 22 - MINUTES OF THE CITY OF WOLLONGONG TRAFFIC COMMITTEE MEETING HELD 19 JUNE 2013 The following staff recommendation was adopted as part of the Block Adoption of Items (refer Minute Number 127). COUNCIL’S RESOLUTION - In accordance with the powers delegated to Council, the minutes and recommendations of the City of Wollongong Traffic Committee held on 19 June 2013 in relation to Regulation of Traffic be adopted.

ITEM 23 - BI-MONTHLY TABLING OF RETURNS OF DISCLOSURES OF INTEREST The following staff recommendation was adopted as part of the Block Adoption of Items (refer Minute Number 127). COUNCIL’S RESOLUTION - Council note the tabling of the Returns of Disclosures of Interest as required by Section 450A of the Local Government Act 1993.

THE MEETING CONCLUDED AT 9.49 PM.

Confirmed as a correct record of proceedings at the Ordinary Meeting of the Council of the City of Wollongong held on 12 August 2013.

Chairperson

EXTRAORDINARY MEETING OF MINUTES COUNCIL

at 6.00 pm

Monday 29 July 2013

Present Lord Mayor – Councillor Bradbery OAM (in the Chair), Councillors Kershaw, Connor, Brown, Takacs, Martin, Merrin (from 6.01 pm), Blicavs, Dorahy, Colacino, Crasnich, Curran and Petty

In Attendance General Manager – D Farmer, Director Planning and Environment – Nature, City and Neighbourhoods – A Carfield, Manager Governance and Information – L Kofod, Manager Environmental Strategy and Planning – R Campbell and Manager Development Assessment and Certification – M Riordan

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Disclosures of Interest ...... 1

ITEM 1 Planning Proposal - Review of former 7(d) lands at Helensburgh, Otford and Stanwell Tops - Report on Exhibition (CM176/13) ...... 3

ITEM 2 Review of 7(D) Lands - Lady Carrington Estate North, Garrawarra and isolated lots in the Royal National Park Precincts (CM177/13) ...... 3

ITEM 3 Review of 7(d) Lands - Otford North, Otford Central, Otford South and Govinda Precincts (CM178/13) ...... 6

ITEM 4 Review of 7(d) Lands - Gills Creek and F6 West Precincts (CM179/13) ...... 8

ITEM 5 Review of 7(D) Lands - Wilsons Creek Precinct (CM180/13) ...... 9

ITEM 6 Review of 7(d) Lands - Gateway Precinct (CM181/13)...... 10

ITEM 7 Review of 7(d) Lands - Walker Street and Frew Avenue Precincts (CM182/13) ...... 11

ITEM 8 Review of 7(d) Lands - 159 to 169 Walker Street, Helensburgh Blackwell's (CM183/13) ...... 13

ITEM 9 Review of 7(d) Lands - Lukin Street, Old Farm Road and Metropolitan Colliery Precincts (CM184/13) ...... 14

ITEM 10 Review of 7(d) Lands - Camp Gully Precinct, including Undola Road and Walker Lane Sub-Precincts (CM185/13) ...... 15

ITEM 11 Review of 7(d) Lands - Lady Carrington Estate, Lilyvale, Central Bushland and Otford Valley Farm Precincts (CM186/13) ...... 16

ITEM 12 Review of 7(d) Lands - Lloyd Place Precinct (CM187/13) ...... 17

ITEM 13 Review of 7(D) Lands - Land Pooling, Lady Carrington Estate South Precincts (CM188/13) ...... 18

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Minute No DISCLOSURES OF INTEREST Councillor Martin declared a non-significant, non-pecuniary interest in all Items on the basis of her employment at the Department of Planning and Infrastructure. She advised that she does not work on Wollongong local government matters and she would remain in the Chambers during debate and voting on all Items.

Councillor Colacino advised of a possible pecuniary interest in Item 4 as his mother lives at Stanwell Tops and borders the boundary of the Gills Creek precinct. His mother’s property is 100 metres from the area under consideration. He also advised that he lives at Stanwell Park. Councillor Colacino said that in the interest of transparency and the desire for a clearer result, he would vacate the Chambers during debate and voting on the Item.

Councillor Merrin declared a non-significant, non-pecuniary conflict of interest due to the fact that she has a number of acquaintances and friends who live in the area. Councillor Merrin advised that she would remain in the Chambers during debate and voting on all Items.

Councillor Takacs declared a non-pecuniary, non-significant conflict of interest in Part 1 of the report’s recommendation for Item 5 as a student enrolled in a subject which he coordinates resides in one of the affected properties, which is owned by her family. Councillor Takacs requested that Council consider Part 1 of Item 5 separately, as he would like to be present during the debate and voting for Part 2 of the report’s recommendation.

Councillor Petty advised that he owns land at 130 Walker Street, Helensburgh which is within the area affected by the draft Planning Proposal. Councillor Petty declared a non-significant, non-pecuniary interest in the matters covered by the report to Council because he lives at Helensburgh and is involved in the wider Helensburgh community. He also had a relationship with a number of persons who own land affected by the rezoning proposals. The report before Council is wide-ranging and considers a general rezoning of the former 7(d) Hacking River Environmental Protection zoned land at Helensburgh, Otford and Stanwell Tops. Councillor Petty further advised that he did not have a particularly close relationship (as referred in the Model Code of Conduct) which would

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Minute No ordinarily disqualify him from taking part in the consideration of the items in the report (except for Items 7 and 8). In particular, his interest is the type which would not have to be disclosed under section 448(g) of the Local Government Act. Councillor Petty said that his land at 130 Walker Street, Helensburgh is within the area to be considered under Item 7 and is in the proximity of land to be considered under Item 8. Because Items 7 and 8 are part of a much larger overall rezoning proposal for a significant part of the Council’s area, he had decided to make a special disclosure of his pecuniary interest under section 451(4) of the Local Government Act. He elected to take part at the meeting to consider all of the items in the business paper; in particular Items 7 and 8, and to vote on matters relating to all Items. He disclosed that he may have an appreciable financial gain or an appreciable financial loss, depending on which position Council takes on Items 7 and 8.

Councillor Curran advised that she had associates living in the Helensburgh area.

A PROCEDURAL MOTION was MOVED by Councillor Curran seconded Councillor Petty that in order for transparency to be preserved, any meetings held or representations made by any persons who may benefit from any amendment that alters the reports’ recommendations be fully disclosed. The PROCEDURAL MOTION on being PUT to the VOTE was LOST.

DEPARTURE OF COUNCILLOR During discussion and prior to voting on Item 1 Councillor Crasnich departed and returned to the meeting, the time being from 6.29 pm to 6.30 pm

EXTENSION OF TIME A PROCEDURAL MOTION was moved by Councillor Merrin seconded Councillor Blicavs that an extension of five minutes be granted to Councillor Martin to address the meeting in relation to Item 1.

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ITEM 1 - PLANNING PROPOSAL - REVIEW OF FORMER 7(D) LANDS AT HELENSBURGH, OTFORD AND STANWELL TOPS - REPORT ON EXHIBITION 142 COUNCIL’S RESOLUTION - RESOLVED UNANIMOUSLY on the motion of Councillor Colacino seconded Councillor Crasnich that -

1 The background information on the former 7(d) Hacking River Environmental Protection zoned lands, the exhibition arrangement and submissions received be noted. 2 A public hearing into the draft Planning Proposal for the land formerly zoned 7(d) Hacking River Environmental Protection at Helensburgh, Otford and Stanwell Tops not be held.

A PROCEDURAL MOTION was MOVED by Councillor Curran that Item 1 lay on the table and be considered as the last Item of business. The PROCEDURAL MOTION on being PUT to the VOTE was LOST.

Councillor Colacino’s motion on being PUT to the VOTE was CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.

ITEM 2 - REVIEW OF 7(D) LANDS - LADY CARRINGTON ESTATE NORTH, GARRAWARRA AND ISOLATED LOTS IN THE ROYAL NATIONAL PARK PRECINCTS MOVED Councillor Colacino seconded Councillor Blicavs that - 1 The part of the Planning Proposal for Lot 1 DP 616230 (Lady Carrington Estate North) which is now part of Garrawarra State Conservation Area, which seeks to amend the Wollongong Local Environmental Plan 2009 by rezoning the land to E1 National Parks and Nature Reserves, be progressed to finalisation. 2 The part of the Planning Proposal for the Garrawarra precinct (excluding the Waterfall General [or Garrawarra] Cemetery) which seeks to amend the Wollongong Local Environment Plan 2009 by: a Renaming the SP2 Infrastructure zone to SP2 Infrastructure “Health Service Facility and Seniors Housing”; b Making a minor adjustment to the SP2 Infrastructure zone boundary, on the north-east boundary, to reflect ownership; c Removing the minimum lot size from the SP2 Infrastructure zoned land;

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Minute No d Zoning the Sydney Catchment Authority land to E2 Environmental Conservation; e Zoning the Crown Land to E2 Environmental Conservation, excluding Lot 1803 DP 822247 leased to the Sutherland Shire Sports Flying Association which will retain an E3 Environmental Management zone (as exhibited); and f Zoning Lot 991 DP 723636 to E2 Environmental Conservation, be progressed to finalisation. 3 i The part of the Planning Proposal for the isolated lots in the Royal National Park, which seeks to amend the Wollongong Local Environmental Plan 2009 by rezoning the following lots from E3 Environmental Management to E2 Environmental Conservation and not permit any additional dwelling houses: a Lot A DP 356469; b Lot 1 DP 324239; and c Lot 1 DP 434564 and part Lot 30 DP 752018, be progressed to finalisation. ii Lot 1 DP 335557 remain as E3 Environmental Management. 4 The proposed rezoning of Lot 4 DP 840501 Waterfall General (or Garrawarra) Cemetery (owned by Council) to E2 Environmental Conservation zone not proceed, and the Cemetery retain an E3 Environmental Management zone. A further report be submitted on this site following the completion and review of the draft Conservation Management Plan.

143 COUNCIL’S RESOLUTION - An AMENDMENT was MOVED by Councillor Petty seconded Councillor Curran that - 1 The part of the Planning Proposal for Lot 1 DP 616230 (Lady Carrington Estate North) which is now part of Garrawarra State Conservation Area, which seeks to amend the Wollongong Local Environmental Plan 2009 by rezoning the land to E1 National Parks and Nature Reserves, be progressed to finalisation. 2 The part of the Planning Proposal for the Garrawarra precinct (excluding the Waterfall General [or Garrawarra] Cemetery) which seeks to amend the Wollongong Local Environment Plan 2009 by: a Renaming the SP2 Infrastructure zone to SP2 Infrastructure “Health Service Facility and Seniors Housing”; b Making a minor adjustment to the SP2 Infrastructure zone

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Minute No boundary, on the north-east boundary, to reflect ownership; c Removing the minimum lot size from the SP2 Infrastructure zoned land; d Zoning the Sydney Catchment Authority land to E2 Environmental Conservation; e Zoning the Crown Land to E2 Environmental Conservation, excluding Lot 1803 DP 822247 leased to the Sutherland Shire Sports Flying Association which will retain an E3 Environmental Management zone (as exhibited); and f Zoning Lot 991 DP 723636 to E2 Environmental Conservation, be progressed to finalisation. 3 The part of the Planning Proposal for the isolated lots in the Royal National Park, which seeks to amend the Wollongong Local Environmental Plan 2009 by rezoning the following lots from E3 Environmental Management to E2 Environmental Conservation and not permit any additional dwelling houses: a Lot A DP 356469; b Lot 1 DP 335557; c Lot 1 DP 324239; and d Lot 1 DP 434564 and part Lot 30 DP 752018, be progressed to finalisation. 4 The proposed rezoning of Lot 4 DP 840501 Waterfall General (or Garrawarra) Cemetery (owned by Council) to E2 Environmental Conservation zone not proceed, and the Cemetery retain an E3 Environmental Management zone. A further report be submitted on this site following the completion and review of the draft Conservation Management Plan.

Councillor Petty’s AMENDMENT on being PUT to the VOTE was CARRIED.

In favour Councillors Kershaw, Connor, Brown, Martin, Takacs, Merrin, Curran, Petty and Bradbery Against Councillors Blicavs, Colacino, Crasnich and Dorahy

Councillor Petty’s AMENDMENT then BECAME the MOTION.

The MOTION on being PUT to the VOTE was CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.

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Minute No ITEM 3 - REVIEW OF 7(D) LANDS - OTFORD NORTH, OTFORD CENTRAL, OTFORD SOUTH AND GOVINDA PRECINCTS 144 COUNCIL’S RESOLUTION - RESOLVED UNANIMOUSLY on the motion of Councillor Colacino seconded Councillor Crasnich that - 1 The part of the Planning Proposal for the Otford North precinct which seeks to amend the Wollongong Local Environmental Plan 2009 by rezoning the precinct to the E2 Environmental Conservation zone be progressed to finalisation, except for the following properties (or part lots) which are to retain an E3 Environmental Management zone: a The driveway handles of Lots 23 to 25 DP 789745 (Nos. 63, 65 and 67) Station Road, Otford (the balance of the lots are to retain the E4 Environmental Living zone); b The front part of Lot 26 DP 789745 (No. 69) Station Road, Otford (the balance of the lot is to retain the E4 Environmental Living zone); c The front part of Lot 52 DP 749935 (No. 76-78) Station Road, Otford (the balance of the lot is to retain the E4 Environmental Living zone); d Lots 100 and 101 DP 1038431 and Lot 11 Section 6 DP 4591 (No. 77) Station Road, Otford; e Lot 14 Section 5 DP 4591 (No. 36) Lady Wakehurst Drive, Otford; f Lots 18 to 20 Section 3 DP 4591 Rawson Street, Otford; and g Lots 8 to 11 Section 3 DP 4591 Lady Carrington Road, Otford. 2 The part of the Planning Proposal for the Otford Central precinct which seeks to amend the Wollongong Local Environmental Plan 2009 by: a Rezoning the majority of the precinct to E4 Environmental Living and permit and allow a dwelling house on six vacant lots, with a floor space ratio of 0.5:1; and b Rezoning Lots 14, 15 and 16 Section 8 DP 4591 and Lots 6 and 7 Section 9 DP 4591 Station Road and Lots 1 and 2 DP 1037008 (2A Domville Road and 24 Lady Wakehurst Drive) to E2 Environmental Conservation and not permit any dwelling houses. not be progressed to finalisation; instead the precinct retain an E3 Environmental Management zone.

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Minute No 3 The part of the Planning Proposal for the Crown land, Council land, RailCorp land and Roads and Maritime Services (RMS) land within the Otford South precinct, which seeks to rezone the sites to E2 Environmental Conservation, be progressed to finalisation. 4 The part of the Planning Proposal for the privately owned Otford Road lots and Bald Hill lots, within the Otford South precinct, which seeks to rezone the precinct to E2 Environmental Conservation not be progressed, instead the sites following retain an E3 Environmental Management zone: a Lot 218 DP 5858 and Lot A DP 389582 (No.204) Lawrence Hargrave Drive, Stanwell Tops; b To Lot 104 DP 552216, (No. 129) Otford Road, Otford; c Lot 102 DP 533462, (No. 149) Otford Road, Otford; d Lot 2 DP 512180, (No. 152) Otford Road, Otford; e Lot 3 DP 512180, (No. 158) Otford Road, Otford; f Lot 101 DP 533462, (No. 169) Otford Road, Otford; g Lots 28 and 32 DP 752018, (No. 200) Otford Road, Stanwell Tops; and h Lot B DP 389582, (No. 222) Otford Road, Stanwell Tops. 5 The part of the Planning Proposal for Lot 2 DP 512270 Otford Road within the Otford South precinct, which seeks to retain an E3 Environmental Management zone and amend the Minimum Lot Size Map to permit a dwelling house, be progressed to finalisation. 6 The part of the Planning Proposal for Otford Farm, within the Otford South precinct, which seeks to rezone the steep bushland to E2 Environmental Conservation be progressed, and the land containing the dwelling house, equestrian centre, recreation facility and cleared land retain an E3 Environmental Management zone. 7 The part of the Planning Proposal for part of Lot 1 DP 190250 (Govinda precinct) which seeks to rezone the north and western parts of the property to E2 Environmental Conservation and retain an E3 Environmental Management zone on the eastern part, be progressed to finalisation.

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DEPARTURE OF COUNCILLOR Due to a prior Disclosure of Interest, Councillor Colacino departed the Council Chambers and was not present during the debate and voting on Item 4.

ITEM 4 - REVIEW OF 7(D) LANDS - GILLS CREEK AND F6 WEST PRECINCTS 145 COUNCIL’S RESOLUTION - RESOLVED UNANIMOUSLY on the motion of Councillor Kershaw seconded Councillor Curran that - 1 The part of the Planning Proposal for the Gills Creek precinct which seeks to amend the Wollongong Local Environmental Plan 2009 by: a Zoning Nos. 237-261 Princes Highway to RU2 Rural Landscapes; b Zoning the Crown Land to E2 Environmental Conservation; c Zoning the Kellys Creek corridor E2 Environmental Conservation; d Zoning the Baines Place to Stanwell Tops properties part E3 Environmental Management and part E2 Environmental Conservation; and e Zoning part of Lot 4 DP 259401 (corner of Baines Place and Lawrence Hargrave Drive) to RE2 Private Recreation and the watercourse and riparian area to E2 Environmental Conservation, be progressed to finalisation. 2 The part of the Planning Proposal for the F6 West precinct which seeks to amend the Wollongong Local Environmental Plan 2009 by: a Zoning the Sydney Catchment Authority land to E2 Environmental Conservation; b Zoning the Crown Land to E2 Environmental Conservation, except for Lot 99 DP 752054 and Lot 7320 DP 1168914 which are to retain the E3 Environmental Management zone; and c Zoning the remaining private land part RU2 Rural Landscapes and part E2 Environmental Conservation, be progressed to finalisation.

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DEPARTURE OF COUNCILLOR Due to a prior Disclosure of Interest, Councillor Takacs was absent from the meeting during debate and voting for Item 5 (Part 1 of the report’s recommendation).

ITEM 5 - REVIEW OF 7(D) LANDS - WILSONS CREEK PRECINCT 146 COUNCIL’S RESOLUTION - RESOLVED UNANIMOUSLY on the motion of Councillor Brown seconded Councillor Connor that Item 5 be considered in two parts.

147 COUNCIL’S RESOLUTION - RESOLVED UNANIMOUSLY on the motion of Councillor Brown seconded Councillor Connor that - 1 The part of the Planning Proposal for the Wilsons Creek precinct be amended to retain an E3 Environmental Management zone (excluding the Wilsons Creek riparian corridor which is proposed to be zoned E2 Environmental Conservation) over the following properties which contain existing development, namely 43-49 (2 lots), 70 (2 lots), 87, 95, 100 (2 lots), 104, 133 (approved dwelling) and 137 Princes Highway, 194-198 Parkes Street (2 lots), 74 Rajani Road, 16 and 17 (2 lots) Sawan Street, Helensburgh.

At this stage, the time being 7.20 pm, Councillor Takacs returned to the meeting and was present during debate and voting for Item 5 – Part 2 of the report’s recommendation.

148 COUNCIL’S RESOLUTION - RESOLVED UNANIMOUSLY on the motion of Councillor Brown seconded Councillor Kershaw that - 2 The part of the Planning Proposal for the Wilsons Creek precinct which seeks to amend the Wollongong Local Environmental Plan 2009 by: a Zoning the Wilsons Creek riparian corridor to the E2 Environmental Conservation zone; b Zoning the Crown Land to the E2 Environmental Conservation zone; and c Zoning the lots which do not contain an existing development to the E2 Environmental Conservation zone, be progressed to finalisation.

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DEPARTURE OF COUNCILLOR During the debate on Item 6, Councillor Blicavs departed the meeting, the time being 7.31 pm. Councillor Blicavs was not present during the vote taken for Item 6.

ITEM 6 - REVIEW OF 7(D) LANDS - GATEWAY PRECINCT

149 COUNCIL’S RESOLUTION - RESOLVED UNANIMOUSLY on the motion of Councillor Colacino seconded Councillor Blicavs that the part of the Planning Proposal for the Gateway precinct which seeks to amend the Wollongong Local Environmental Plan 2009 (LEP) by: 1 Zoning 151 and 177 Princes Highway, and 200-206, 208-216 and 218-222 Parkes Street, to the B6 Enterprise Corridor zone, with a floor space ratio of 0.5:1, maximum building height of 11m and minimum lot size of 2,000m²; 2 Zoning the Nos. 187-193 Princes Highway to the RU2 Rural Landscape zone; 3 Zoning 2 Lawrence Hargrave Drive to the RE2 Private Recreation zone; 4 Zoning 1-5 Lawrence Hargrave Drive and 227 Princes Highway to the RU2 Rural Landscape zone; and 5 Zoning Symbio Wildlife Gardens to the SP3 Tourist zone, including the dwelling houses in the same ownership – Nos. 7-15 Lawrence Hargrave Drive, be progressed to finalisation.

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ATTENDANCE OF COUNCILLOR During the debate and prior to the voting for Item 7, Councillor Blicavs returned to the meeting the time being 7.33 pm.

ITEM 7 - REVIEW OF 7(D) LANDS - WALKER STREET AND FREW AVENUE PRECINCTS MOVED by Councillor Colacino seconded Councillor Crasnich that - 1 The part of the Planning Proposal for the Walker Street precinct (excluding 159-169 Walker Street) which seeks to amend the Wollongong Local Environmental Plan 2009 by rezoning the majority of the precinct to the RU2 Rural Landscape zone, and part of Lot 2 DP 1127083 (Knowslay Park) to E2 Environmental Conservation, be progressed to finalisation. 2 The part of the Planning Proposal for the Frew Avenue precinct which seeks to amend the Wollongong Local Environmental Plan 2009 by retaining an E3 Environmental Management zone, and allowing a dwelling house on the three vacant lots, through an amendment to the Minimum Lot Size Maps; be progressed to finalisation. 3 The part of the Planning Proposal for Lot 672 DP 752033 (Crown Land located on the corner of Walker Street and Cemetery Road) not proceed and the lot retain an SP1 Cemetery zoning, by deleting the site from the Planning Proposal. 4 The new rezoning proposals for: a Lot 1 DP 606870 (No. 338) Cemetery Road, requesting a rezoning to IN2 Light Industrial; b Lot 1 DP 319310 Lawrence Hargrave Drive, seeking a place of worship, education facility; and c Lot 1 DP 584467 221 Parkes Street, requesting a rezoning to B6 Enterprise Corridor, not be supported as amendments to the current Planning Proposal.

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150 COUNCIL’S RESOLUTION – An AMENDMENT was moved by Councillor Merrin seconded Councillor Curran that - 1 The part of the Planning Proposal for the Walker Street precinct (excluding 159-169 Walker Street) which seeks to amend the Wollongong Local Environmental Plan 2009 by rezoning the majority of the precinct to the RU2 Rural Landscape zone, and part of Lot 2 DP 1127083 (Knowslay Park) to E2 Environmental Conservation, be progressed to finalisation. 2 The part of the Planning Proposal for the Frew Avenue precinct which seeks to amend the Wollongong Local Environmental Plan 2009 by retaining an E3 Environmental Management zone, be progressed to finalisation. 3 The part of the Planning Proposal for Lot 672 DP 752033 (Crown Land located on the corner of Walker Street and Cemetery Road) not proceed and the lot retain a SP1 Cemetery zoning, by deleting the site from the Planning Proposal. 4 The new rezoning proposals for: a Lot 1 DP 606870 (No. 338) Cemetery Road, requesting a rezoning to IN2 Light Industrial; b Lot 1 DP 319310 Lawrence Hargrave Drive, seeking a place of worship, education facility; and c Lot 1 DP 584467 221 Parkes Street, requesting a rezoning to B6 Enterprise Corridor, not be supported as amendments to the current Planning Proposal.

Councillor Merrin’s AMENDMENT on being PUT to the VOTE was CARRIED.

In favour Councillors Kershaw, Connor, Brown, Martin, Takacs, Merrin, Dorahy, Blicavs, Curran, Petty and Bradbery Against Councillors Colacino and Crasnich

Councillor Merrin’s AMENDMENT then BECAME the MOTION.

The MOTION on being PUT to the VOTE was CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.

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Minute No EXTENSION OF TIME A PROCEDURAL MOTION was moved by Councillor Petty seconded Councillor Merrin that an extension of five minutes be granted to Councillor Curran to address the meeting in relation to Item 8.

DEPARTURE OF COUNCILLOR During debate and prior to voting on Item 8, the following Councillors departed and returned to the meeting – Councillor Crasnich from 7.51 pm to 7.53 pm; Councillor Curran from 7.52 pm to 7.54 pm and Councillor Petty from 8.05 pm to 8.06 pm.

ITEM 8 - REVIEW OF 7(D) LANDS - 159 TO 169 WALKER STREET, HELENSBURGH - "BLACKWELL'S"

151 COUNCIL’S RESOLUTION - RESOLVED on the motion of Councillor Colacino seconded Councillor Kershaw that Council proceed with the rezoning of the precinct to IN2 Light Industrial and E2 Environmental Conservation, as exhibited in the draft Planning Proposal.

Councillor Colacino’s motion on being PUT to the VOTE was CARRIED.

In favour Councillors Kershaw, Connor, Brown, Martin, Blicavs, Dorahy, Colacino, Crasnich and Bradbery Against Councillors Takacs, Merrin, Curran and Petty

ADJOURNMENT OF MEETING A PROCEDURAL MOTION was moved by Councillor Crasnich seconded Councillor Merrin that the meeting adjourn for a five minute recess. The PROCEDURAL MOTION on being PUT to the VOTE was LOST.

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DEPARTURE OF COUNCILLOR During the debate on Item 9, Councillor Colacino departed the meeting, the time being 8.37 pm. Councillor Colacino was not present for the vote taken on Items 9, 10 and 11.

ITEM 9 - REVIEW OF 7(D) LANDS - LUKIN STREET, OLD FARM ROAD

AND METROPOLITAN COLLIERY PRECINCTS

152 COUNCIL’S RESOLUTION – RESOLVED UNANIMOUSLY on the motion of Councillor Kershaw seconded Councillor Dorahy that -

1 The part of the Planning Proposal for the Lukin Street precinct which seeks to amend the Wollongong Local Environmental Plan 2009 by: a Rezoning 48-54 Parkes Street, the three privately owned lots, to E4 Environmental Living, with a floor space ratio of 0.5:1, maximum building height of 9m and minimum lot size of 1,000m²; and b Rezoning the Crown land (three lots) to E2 Environmental Conservation, be progressed to finalisation. 2 The part of the Planning Proposal for the Old Farm Road precinct, which seeks to amend the Wollongong Local Environmental Plan 2009 by rezoning the precinct to E2 Environmental Conservation not proceed, and the lots retain their existing E3 Environmental Management and R2 Low Density Residential (access way) zones, by removing the precinct from the Planning Proposal. 3 The part of the Planning Proposal for the Metropolitan Colliery precinct, to rezone the bushland areas surrounding the Colliery (zoned RU1 Primary Production) to E2 Environmental Conservation be progressed to finalisation.

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ITEM 10 - REVIEW OF 7(D) LANDS - CAMP GULLY PRECINCT,

INCLUDING UNDOLA ROAD AND WALKER LANE SUB-PRECINCTS

153 COUNCIL’S RESOLUTION – RESOLVED UNANIMOUSLY on the motion of Councillor Kershaw seconded Councillor Connor that - 1 The part of the Planning Proposal the Undola Road sub-precinct which seeks to amend the Wollongong Local Environmental Plan 2009 by: a Rezoning 3 Undola Road to E2 Environmental Conservation; b Rezoning Lot 1 Section E DP 2205 (Council owned) to E2 Environmental Conservation; and c Rezoning Whitty Road reserve and Undola Road reserve to R2 Low Density Residential to be consistent with the adjoining zone, be progressed to finalisation. 2 The part of the Planning Proposal for the Undola Road sub-precinct which seeks to amend the Wollongong Local Environmental Plan 2009 by rezoning 5, 7, 9 and 11 Undola Road to the E4 Environmental Living zone, with a floor space ratio of 0.5:1, maximum building height of 9m and minimum lot size of 1,000m²; not proceed and the land retain the current E3 Environmental Management zone. 3 The part of the Planning Proposal for the Walker Lane sub-precinct which seeks to amend the Wollongong Local Environmental Plan 2009 by rezoning Lots 28-31 Section B DP 2644 Walker Lane, to E2 Environmental Conservation, be progressed to finalisation. 4 The part of the Planning Proposal for the balance of the Camp Gully precinct which seeks to amend the Wollongong Local Environmental Plan 2009 by rezoning the land to E2 Environmental Conservation, be progressed to finalisation. 5 A new draft Planning Proposal be prepared to identify 3 Undola Road, Helensburgh for acquisition, by identifying the lots on the Land Reservation Acquisition Map as being required for Local Open Space purposes. The draft Planning Proposal be submitted to the NSW Department of Planning and Infrastructure for a Gateway determination and requesting authorisation for the General Manager to exercise plan making delegations in accordance with Council’s resolution of 26 November 2012. If approved, the draft Planning Proposal be placed on public exhibition for a minimum period of 28 days. 6 As part of the draft Annual Plan / Budget process for 2014-15, consideration be given to a land purchase scheme for 3 Undola Road, Helensburgh.

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ITEM 11 - REVIEW OF 7(D) LANDS - LADY CARRINGTON ESTATE, LILYVALE, CENTRAL BUSHLAND AND OTFORD VALLEY FARM PRECINCTS

154 COUNCIL’S RESOLUTION – RESOLVED UNANIMOUSLY on the motion of Councillor Kershaw seconded Councillor Crasnich that - 1 The part of the Planning Proposal for Lot 1 DP 616229 (Lady Carrington Estate precinct) which seeks to amend the Wollongong Local Environmental Plan 2009 by rezoning the precinct to the E2 Environmental Conservation zone be progressed to finalisation; 2 The part of the Planning Proposal for the Lilyvale precinct which seeks to amend the Wollongong Local Environmental Plan 2009 by rezoning the precinct to the E2 Environmental Conservation zone be progressed to finalisation; 3 The part of the Planning Proposal for the Central Bushland precinct which seeks to amend the Wollongong Local Environmental Plan 2009 by rezoning the precinct to the E2 Environmental Conservation zone be progressed to finalisation; 4 The part of the Planning Proposal for the Otford Valley Farm precinct which seeks to amend the Wollongong Local Environmental Plan 2009 by rezoning the part of the precinct to E2 Environmental Conservation and retaining part of the site as E3 Environmental Management zones, as exhibited, be progressed to finalisation; and 5 The preparation of a new draft Planning Proposal to rezone the Land Pooling and Lady Carrington Estate South precincts to permit residential development, in exchange for the transfer of the Ensile Pty Ltd holdings within Lady Carrington Estate, Lilyvale, Central Bushland and Otford Valley Farm precincts to Council or the State, via a draft Planning Agreement, as requested by Smyth Planning on 21 June 2013, not be supported.

ATTENDANCE OF COUNCILLOR During debate on Item 12, Councillor Colacino returned to the meeting, the time being 8.39 pm.

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ITEM 12 - REVIEW OF 7(D) LANDS - LLOYD PLACE PRECINCT

155 COUNCIL’S RESOLUTION – MOVED by Councillor Kershaw seconded Councillor Takacs that - 1 The part of the Planning Proposal for the Lloyd Place precinct which seeks to amend the Wollongong Local Environmental Plan 2009 by rezoning the precinct (excluding part of Lot 500 DP788539) to the E2 Environmental Conservation zone, be progressed to finalisation; 2 The part of the Planning Proposal for part of Lot 500 DP 788539 Otford Road, not proceed and the E3 Environmental Management zone be retained around the existing dwelling house and buffer area. The rezoning of the remainder of the property to the E2 Environmental Conservation zone, be progressed to finalisation; 3 A new draft Planning Proposal be prepared to identify the 21 lots within the Lloyd Place precinct which do not contain a dwelling house for acquisition, by identifying the lots on the Land Reservation Acquisition Map as being required for Local Open Space purposes (Attachment 2 of the report). The draft Planning Proposal be submitted to the NSW Department of Planning and Infrastructure for a Gateway determination and requesting authorisation for the General Manager to exercise plan making delegations in accordance with Council’s resolution of 26 November 2012. If approved, the draft Planning Proposal be placed on public exhibition for a minimum period of 28 days; and 4 As part of the draft Annual Plan / Budget process for 2014-15, consideration be given to a land purchase scheme for the 21 lots in the Lloyd Place precinct, including the consideration of a rates refund.

An AMENDMENT was MOVED by Councillor Merrin seconded Councillor Curran that - 1 The part of the Planning Proposal for the Lloyd Place precinct which seeks to amend the Wollongong Local Environmental Plan 2009 by rezoning the precinct (excluding part of Lot 500 DP788539) to the E2 Environmental Conservation zone, be progressed to finalisation; 2 The part of the Planning Proposal for part of Lot 500 DP 788539 Otford Road not proceed. The rezoning of the remainder of the property to the E2 Environmental Conservation zone, be progressed to finalisation; 3 A new draft Planning Proposal be prepared to identify the 21 lots within the Lloyd Place precinct which do not contain a dwelling house

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Minute No for acquisition, by identifying the lots on the Land Reservation Acquisition Map as being required for Local Open Space purposes (Attachment 2 of the report). The draft Planning Proposal be submitted to the NSW Department of Planning and Infrastructure for a Gateway determination and requesting authorisation for the General Manager to exercise plan making delegations in accordance with Council’s resolution of 26 November 2012. If approved, the draft Planning Proposal be placed on public exhibition for a minimum period of 28 days; and 4 As part of the draft Annual Plan / Budget process for 2014-15, consideration be given to a land purchase scheme for the 21 lots in the Lloyd Place precinct, including the consideration of a rates refund.

Councillor Merrin’s AMENDMENT on being PUT to the VOTE was LOST.

In favour Councillors Merrin and Curran Against Councillors Kershaw, Connor, Brown, Martin, Takacs, Blicavs, Dorahy, Colacino, Crasnich, Petty and Bradbery

Councillor Kershaw’s MOTION on being PUT to the VOTE was CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY.

ITEM 13 - REVIEW OF 7(D) LANDS - LAND POOLING, LADY

CARRINGTON ESTATE SOUTH PRECINCTS

156 COUNCIL’S RESOLUTION - RESOLVED on the motion of Councillor Curran seconded Councillor Kershaw that - 1 The majority of the Planning Proposal for the Land Pooling precinct which seeks to amend the Wollongong Local Environmental Plan 2009 by rezoning the precinct to the E2 Environmental Conservation zone, be progressed to finalisation, except for Lots 12-13 Section 5 DP 2644 which contain the dwelling house, Lots 1-2 Section 4 DP 2644 which contain the bus depot and Lot 42 Section 4 DP 2644 which contains the landscaping business, which are to retain an E3 Environmental Management zone. 2 The part of the Planning Proposal for the Lady Carrington Estate South precinct which seeks to amend the Wollongong Local Environmental Plan 2009 by rezoning the precinct to the E2 Environmental Conservation zone be progressed to finalisation.

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Minute No 3 The preparation of a new draft Planning Proposal to rezone the Land Pooling and Lady Carrington Estate South precincts to permit residential development, in exchange for the transfer of the Ensile Pty Ltd holdings within Lady Carrington Estate, Lilyvale, Central Bushland and Otford Valley Farm precincts to Council or the State, via a draft Planning agreement, as requested by Smyth Planning on 21 June 2013, not be supported.

Variation The variation put forward by Councillor Merrin (the deletion of the words ‘and retaining the E3 Environmental Management zone on the cleared lands’ and the addition of the words ‘be progressed to finalisation’ to Part 2 of the above motion) was accepted by the mover and seconder.

Councillor Curran’s MOTION on being PUT to the VOTE was CARRIED. In favour Councillors Kershaw, Connor, Brown, Martin, Takacs, Merrin, Colacino, Curran and Bradbery Against Councillors Blicavs, Dorahy, Crasnich and Petty

THE MEETING CONCLUDED AT 9.15 PM ------Confirmed as a correct record of proceedings at the Ordinary Meeting of the Council of the City of Wollongong held on 12 August 2013.

Chairperson

Illawarra Regional Food Strategy

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1 Contents

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Acknowledgements 3

Background 4

Joint Statement 5

Vision 5

Drivers of Change 6

Opportunities 11

Assumptions and Guiding Principles 12

The Role of Council 13

Issues Affecting the Illawarra by Theme 14

Strategy Overview 16

About the Strategy 17

Theme 1: Building the capacity of our community 18

Theme 2: Planning, Infrastructure and Regulation 18

Theme 3: Leadership, Governance and Advocacy 19

Theme 4: Supporting the Local Food Economy 19

Implementation and Evaluation 20

Glossary 21

2 Acknowledgements

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Illawarra Regional Food Strategy 2013.

A joint project between Kiama Municipal Council, Shellharbour City Council, and Wollongong City Council supported by the NSW Government through its Environmental Trust.

This document has been prepared by Wollongong City Council's Environmental Strategy Officer, Vanessa John, in consultation with a range of agency and community representatives and stakeholders.

Inspiration, expertise, and direct input was provided by a range of sources including:

Residents of each LGA Producers and Providores

Small Farms Network Southern Rivers Catchment Management Authority

Partner Council Planning, Waste, Environment, Permaculture contractors and PDC participants Community, Economic Development and other staff

Southern Councils Group Health Promotion Service, Illawarra Shoalhaven Local Health District (ISLHD)

Healthy Cities Illawarra Community gardeners

Office of Environment and Heritage Bush restoration contractors

University of Wollongong Heart Foundation NSW

Regional Landcare Facilitator Illawarra Forum

Food Fairness Illawarra Australian Food Sovereignty Alliance

Urban Grown Farm Green Box Food Co‐op

Flametree Community Food Co‐op Sydney Food Fairness Alliance

Public Health Association of Australia Food aid providers

Cancer Council NSW Nutrition Australia

GPT Food Reference Group ACFCGN Community Gardens supporters network

City of Melbourne Victorian Eco‐Innovation Lab (VEIL)

National Sustainable Food Summit proceedings NSW Food Summit Illawarra participants

3 Background ______

The Illawarra Regional Food Strategy seeks to outline the role of the three partner Councils in supporting local food security and sustainability, and is the first piece of work of its kind in the Illawarra.

The Illawarra Councils, as defined in this Strategy, refer to the coastal local government areas (LGAs) of Kiama Municipal Council, Shellharbour City Council and Wollongong City Council. Together, the Councils are responsible for an area of approximately 112,000 hectares and a population of almost 290,000 people. The relative land and population distribution between the three LGAs is summarised below1.

KMC SCC WCC TOTAL Land Area (ha) 25,779 14,739 71,544 112,062 Population 20,832 66,054 201,215 288,101

In our region, as across Australia and the rest of the world, there is a growing movement focussed on rebuilding a relationship with good food, which is ethically produced, with a minimal ecological impact. A fairer and more sustainable regional food system will contribute to an enlivened, enterprising, connected and ultimately healthier community.

In 2009, the Illawarra Councils received a grant from the NSW Government's Environmental Trust to deliver a regional project called the Illawarra Biodiversity and Local Food Strategy for Climate Change (IBLFSCC).

The Illawarra Regional Food Strategy is the final output of this grant, and follows three years of direct investment in an ambitious and wide‐ranging project. Activities have included the establishment of new school and community gardens, facilitation of skills‐based community education, development of resources to provide information and access to services, policy review, and the establishment of fruit tree groves and bush food gardens.

Through this Strategy there is the opportunity to recognise our community's ambition for a healthier and more sustainable future, celebrate and support emerging initiatives, and to identify clear and targeted actions for the partner Councils to progress.

1 ABS Census of Population and Housing 2011 cited in profile.id.

4 Joint Position Statement

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The Illawarra Councils recognise the important role of food in our lives, and its impact on the communities we represent. Food is at the very heart of our health and wellbeing, cultural identity, the local economy, ecological sustainability, and our connection with this unique place and each other.

Our region joins a growing movement focussed on rebuilding a relationship with good food, which is ethically produced, with minimal ecological impact. A fairer and more sustainable regional food system will contribute to an enlivened, enterprising, connected and ultimately healthier community.

Each of the partner Councils has outlined its commitment to the sustainability and wellbeing of our communities through their Community Strategic Plans. The current food system is ecologically unsustainable, unhealthy, and unjust and will need to radically change in order to meet the challenges of the future2. Local government has an important role to play in the process of adaptation, and building resilience.

This Strategy describes how, in partnership with our community, we will work together over time to realise a vision for a vibrant, sustainable local food system that is resilient, prosperous, fair and secure.

It includes a framework to inform decision‐making and action across a range of areas where local government has the most immediate influence and control. Vision

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The vision is for the Illawarra region to have a vibrant, sustainable local food system that is resilient, prosperous, fair and secure.

Improve health and reduce inequities of locally available food Reduce the negative ecological impacts of the current food system Provide leadership to support a vibrant local food economy

Celebrate and grow a regional food culture Support diversification and regional food security Protect agricultural and other land and retain for future generations

2 National Sustainable Food Summit 2012 Conference Report.

5 Drivers of Change

______What is the status of the food system in the Illawarra?

The Illawarra is blessed with abundant natural resources, a great climate, and fertile soils that have helped to feed and house populations of contemporary, colonial, and traditional Indigenous communities over many thousands of years.

Since European settlement, coal mining, dairying and metal manufacturing have dominated the regional economy. However, substantial economic readjustment has changed the region’s employment and industry landscape in recent times, with the transition3 offering opportunities for growth in a range of areas.

Economic transition has the potential to positively influence the future of food in our region. The Tourism, Agriculture Fisheries and Forestry, and Education sectors present opportunities to make a major contribution to regional food security and food system sustainability4. With leadership and investment, local food production and food‐oriented service delivery will emerge as part of a more diversified regional economic future.

A key challenge will be the increasing demand for residential development and lifestyle land, which can compete with agricultural diversification and protection and retention of land to produce food. In the Illawarra today, most agricultural land is used for grazing and cropping, with a significant proportion of land set aside for conservation5.

The gross value of agricultural production in our region, however, is only around $30 million, representing less than 1% of total gross agricultural production in NSW. This is significantly lower than comparable regional areas6. Kiama's contribution to the total figure is significant, due in large part to the high value of agricultural operations attributable to a relatively small number of large milk producers.

KMC SCC WCC TOTAL Total Land Area (ha) 25,779 14,739 71,544 112,062 Population 20,832 66,054 201,215 288,101 Gross Value Agricultural Commodities 20.4 8.2 2.3 31.1 (GVAC) ($m)7 % contribution to total Illawarra GVAC 66% 26% 8% 100% Total area of agricultural holding (ha)8 ‐ ‐ ‐ 17,729 Number of agricultural businesses (no.) ‐ ‐ ‐ 191 The Illawarra is connected to a complex globalised system of food production and distribution. Whilst there are still strong local sectors such as beef and dairy, and emerging niche producers and suppliers, most of what we eat comes from elsewhere. Food produced locally (and in the

3 RDA Illawarra, Regional Plan: 2010‐2015 (Updated) (RDA Illawarra, Wollongong, 2011), p.12 4 ABS Census of Population and Housing as cited in Wilkinson, John ‘The Illawarra: An Economic Profile’ e‐brief, NSW Parliamentary Research Service, December 2011. 5 ABARES Agriculture and Fisheries in the Illawarra region of New South Wales, 2013. 6 ABS Value of Agricultural Commodities Produced, Australia, 2010‐11. 7 ABS Value of Agricultural Commodities Produced, Australia, 2010‐11. 8 ABS, Agricultural Commodities Australia, 2010‐11.

6 broader region) is quite likely to be transported out of the area in order to reach a market or for processing, before returning to our plates. Supply of food in the Illawarra is highly dependent on daily import of perishable foods via long distance refrigerated transport.

We are however blessed with pockets of highly productive land, and in theory have excellent geographic access to the significant food supply produced within the wider bioregion, including greater Sydney, the Shoalhaven, and the Southern Highlands.

The hospitality and retail sectors show signs of a renewed and energetic focus on good food, and innovative food‐related experiences. There is an increasing interest from operators of all sizes in showcasing local produce, both as a point‐of‐difference for the consumer as well as to support the local economy. There is an emergent, and growing, interest in community based food initiatives (for example community gardens and food cooperatives). What are the broader issues?

Our food system cannot be seen in the context of the Illawarra alone. We are inextricably connected to the global food system and share in serious challenges faced the world over. Access to food and the need to increase food production are perhaps the two major issues globally9.

Climate Change and Ecological Footprint

The Illawarra Councils have made firm commitments to respond to the challenge of climate change, yet it is only relatively recently that food production and consumption has been recognised as a major issue for urban sustainability.

Climate change is already influencing food production and food pricing. As land, water and fossil fuels become more scarce and expensive, the cost of the inputs of food production will increase, placing constraints on where food can be grown and transported.

The likely increase in the frequency of severe and unpredictable weather will lead to extreme variation in food pricing and availability (as seen with bananas reaching $15/kg following Cyclone Yasi in Queensland which devastated towns with large banana monocultures in 2011).

Conventional food production is a resource‐intensive business, and food accounts for nearly 50% of an Australian’s ecological footprint (a measure of the natural resources, land, water and other inputs consumed as a result one’s lifestyle). Agriculture accounts for over 70% of the total water consumed in Australia10. The current system is very dependent on non‐renewable fossil fuels, which are used for everything from manufacturing fertilisers and pesticides, running farm equipment, transportation, refrigeration, storage, processing, packaging, to retail.

The ‘2013 Bonn Declaration of Mayors’11 was made at an international forum specifically focused on the role of local government in creating resilient cities. This Declaration explicitly encouraged local governments across the world to respond to the challenges of climate change by developing and implementing ‘city‐region food systems…that are integrated in development plans that strengthen urban resilience and adaptation’.

Waste

9 CSIRO: Food Security explained: issues for Australia and our role in the global challenge. 10 ACF (2007), Consuming Australia: Main Findings. Australian Conservation Foundation, University of Sydney, and NSW Environmental Trust. 11 World Mayors Council on Climate Change, Bonn, 2013

7 Whilst on the surface there seems to be more choice and greater sophistication in our food every day, the food system is in reality characterised by a level of inefficiency, waste and inequity which is incompatible with a healthy and prosperous future.

Food waste makes up around 38% of all material sent to landfill from our homes12. Across NSW, $2.5 billion or 800,000 tonnes of food is thrown away by households every year. Each year, businesses in NSW throw away more than 400,000 tonnes of food13. Most of this waste is avoidable. This material could instead be recycled to return carbon, nutrients, minerals and organic matter to our soils, but instead most food waste ends up in landfill, increasing the risk of toxic leachate, and generating methane emissions as it breaks down.

Wasteful practice is not confined to homes and businesses. On‐farm research in Australia is consistent with the findings of global studies which show that as much as 30% of all fruit and vegetables are not harvested for sale at all ‐ this food goes to waste without ever leaving the paddock14. Food and beverage packaging accounts for the highest proportion of public litter items, and is in and of itself problematic as in many cases high‐value non‐renewable materials (eg petroleum products) are used to create single‐use disposable containers.

Soils

Fertile soil is being lost through desertification, salinity, mineral depletion, overuse of synthetic fertilisers and chemicals, and erosion at a more rapid rate than vegetation is being cleared to create new areas to grow crops15. Native ecosystems and traditional farming practices in less developed nations are being undermined to produce commodity cash crops for export to the processed food sector, mainly in the West. This can displace smaller‐scale local economic activity and impact on traditional communities' food security.

Remedial and regenerative action is urgently required to create and retain the wholesome, healthy soils on which the health of our population depends16. New ways of producing, distributing, and consuming food will need to focus on reducing waste, regenerating depleted natural systems, reducing the distance food travels, and minimising the use of scarce non‐ renewable inputs (such as oil‐derived fertilisers, chemicals, plastics, fuel and packaging) in order to meet these challenges.

Corporate Interests

The exacting standards expected by large supermarket retailers have been blamed for much of the on‐farm wastage of food. There is also criticism of the role of retailers in controlling supply chains, driving down returns to producers, promoting over‐consumption, and creating false efficiencies in monocultural production. Innovation in on‐farm value‐adding, creating markets for 'waste' produce, and developing alternative distribution networks less beholden to national retailers, are two opportunity areas requiring investment and creativity.

The increasing corporatisation of the global food system includes multinational companies engaging in 'biopiracy' (patenting the genetic material of food crops for commercial advantage),

12 OEH (2009) Food Waste Avoidance Benchmark Study 2009, Love Food Hate Waste program, NSW Office of Environment and Heritage. 13 OEH (2009) Food Waste Avoidance Benchmark Study 2009, Love Food Hate Waste program, NSW Office of Environment and Heritage. 14 Global Food: Waste Not, Want Not (2012) UK Institution of Mechanical Engineers. 15 UN Food and Agriculture Association 'The State of Food and Agriculture 2012'. 16 CSIRO 'Food Security explained: issues for Australia and our role in the global challenge' 2012.

8 raising questions about the community's right to retain sovereignty over our food supply. Genetic modification, and the role of corporations in the manufacture and marketing of farm chemicals, have raised significant questions around human and ecological health.

Population Growth

The current food system is similarly ill‐equipped to deal with the increasing demand for food as our population grows. Global population is set to reach 9 billion by 2050, and the subsequent increase in demand for food must somehow be achieved whilst reducing our ecological footprint, decreasing greenhouse gas emissions, and dealing with increasing climate variability.

Biodiversity

The genetic diversity of agricultural crops available includes over 25,000 varieties, carefully selected and cultivated by our ancestors over tens of thousands of years to provide food, fodder, fibre and other useful plants specifically adapted to local climates. However, fewer than 3% of these varieties are in commercial cultivation today. Half of the world's food energy is provided by just three crops (wheat, rice and corn)17.

Similarly, animals bred for meat and milk have been specialised down to a few particular breeds in order to maximise the volume and consistency of production to suit long distance markets. The narrowing of the genetic base of the food system across the board exposes a real risk of vulnerability to outbreaks of pests and diseases, as the lack of diversity inhibits adaptation and resilience.

Pests, diseases, and weed prevalence are other threats exacerbated by climate change which undermine food system diversity and productivity.

Food Security

With so much food being thrown away, and so many food choices, it seems hard to believe that anyone in the Illawarra could be struggling to eat well. Yet our region is home to many people vulnerable to food insecurity, with some studies suggesting that almost 7% or around 18,000 residents in the Illawarra may lack the basic resources to maintain an adequate diet18.

Food security means that all people can access adequate nutritious and culturally appropriate food at all times, and is influenced by many factors. There is evidence that in addition to the most vulnerable individuals across the population (the unemployed, single parent families, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people with disabilities, older and young people), areas in which there is a confluence of disadvantage may mean that there are entire communities experiencing food insecurity in some Illawarra suburbs.

Healthy Food

Access to convenient, fresh food outlets near where people live is a major contributor to health and wellbeing, along with food affordability, and having the skills and resources to prepare good food. Good nutrition can lower the risk of a range of health problems and chronic diseases including high blood pressure, heart disease, diabetes, high cholesterol, obesity, osteoporosis, and certain types of cancer19.

17 Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2012) Australia's food & nutrition 2012: in brief. 18 Kirkwood, Deborah (2005) Food Insecurity in the Illawarra Region. 19 NSW Government 'Live Life Well' 2012.

9 'Healthy food' includes diets which avoid processed foods, and are high in fresh fruit and vegetables, nuts and legumes, with lower consumption of animal products. Happily, a healthy diet for humans is also the most ecologically sustainable and ethical diet – human health must be placed in the context of the health of the planet. With the present Western consumerist diet and lifestyle we are, quite literally, eating ourselves – and the planet – to death20.

General population increases in diet‐related diseases such as obesity and diabetes have been widely reported ‐ Australia overall has one of the highest rates of obesity in the world. A staggering 61% of adults and 23% of children are either overweight or obese21, a figure that has been increasing annually over the past 10 years. Locally, 54.7% of women aged 16 years and over in the Illawarra Shoalhaven Local Health District are overweight or obese, compared to 59.7% of men in the same category22.

Perversely, poor quality foods high in fat, sugar and salt are often more accessible and affordable than healthy foods, increasing the prevalence of obesity and diet‐related disease in low income and other vulnerable communities.

Challenges to our long term health due to poor diet extend across the whole population. Less than 25% of children in NSW eat the recommended servings of fruit and vegetables each day23. Staggeringly, 91% of the adult population of Australia don't eat enough vegetables and less than 50% are eating enough fruit24.

Council has an important role to play in ensuring that all people are able to physically access the food supply available to them through healthy urban design. Resilience and Transformation

There is a consensus across a broad and unlikely alliance of interest groups, that the current food system is fundamentally unsustainable, and requires transformative change25.

Addressing the issues with the food system globally requires localities all over the world to develop resilience: reducing reliance on external factors, increasing diversity, pursuing innovation and efficiency, conserving local ecosystems, prioritising the health and wellbeing of communities, creating healthy built environments, and closing the gap between producers and consumers.

Fortunately, this is good news for local communities and the Illawarra.

20 A Future for Food 2 (2012) Public Health Association of Australia. 21 Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2012) Australia's food & nutrition 2012: in brief. 22Centre for Epidemiology and Research. Health Statistics New South Wales. Sydney: NSW Department of Health. Health Statistics NSW, 2011. 23 Nutrition Survey (SPANS) 2010: Full Report. Sydney, NSW Ministry of Health. 24 Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (2012) Australia's food & nutrition 2012: in brief. 25 http://www.3pillarsnetwork.com.au/p3_Events‐Resources.html?&event=88.

10 Opportunities

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Growing the Local Food Economy

Providing leadership to maximise the economic, tourism, employment and ecological benefits possible through increasing local food production is a key opportunity. Employment in the agriculture, fishing and forestry sector at around 1.7% of the overall economy still remains below the State average of 2.5%. Tourism is dominated by domestic day visitors, and has experienced a net growth of 77% in ten years to 2011.26 These sectors, along with new opportunities in food retail, hold opportunities to make a major contribution to the local food economy.

Success will depend on investment in training, the use of web‐based technologies to create innovative marketing and distribution options, the promotion of regional food tourism, and strengthening the links between producers and consumers.

Research and Data

Gaining a more thorough picture of the extent of hunger and food insecurity is essential to plan future service and infrastructure delivery. Understanding food distribution and supply systems relative to population and infrastructure must inform future transport and residential planning. More accurate regional information on local producers is required to identify growth and diversification opportunities in the sector.

Reduce Food Waste and Ecological Footprint

Capitalising on existing waste programs and the proximity of productive land, our region is ideally placed to facilitate best practice food waste avoidance, food aid and rescue, and the return of organic material to the soil. Community education to promote sustainable consumption of food can improve health, whilst directly targeting the behaviours responsible for the majority of our ecological footprint.

Access to Land to Grow Food

There are opportunities to facilitate links between growers and land owners, improve processes for community and market gardens, and ensure that arable land is conserved for current and future food production.

Governance, Leadership, Collaboration and Advocacy

The Illawarra Councils can work collaboratively towards improving planning mechanisms, calling for State and Federal support, and taking on the role of driving positive transformative change. Participation in, or establishment of, multi‐disciplinary networks to progress key initiatives is required to bring about change outside of the areas of Council's direct control.

26 ABS Census of Population and Housing as cited in Wilkinson, John ‘The Illawarra: An Economic Profile’ e‐brief, NSW Parliamentary Research Service, December 2011.

11 Assumptions + Guiding Principles

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The Strategy has been developed within the context of the following assumptions and guiding principles, which provide the imperative for action.

• There is agreement that the current food system is inequitable, ecologically unsustainable, wasteful, unhealthy and must undergo transformational change in order to respond to the challenges of the future.

• The Illawarra Councils recognise that the issues impacting on regional food security and sustainability are complex, interwoven, and require an integrated response from community, industry, and government.

• The Illawarra Councils recognise that a resilient local food system is an important part of a sustainable future and a healthy community.

• The Illawarra Councils are committed to working within our capacity with our community and partners to support and grow opportunities for sustainable, local food production and consumption in the Illawarra.

• A vibrant diversified regional food culture has the potential to deliver immediate and long‐term economic, tourism, employment, health and ecological benefits to the Illawarra.

• There is a need for the food system to respond to the challenges posed by emerging issues including peak oil and climate change. Bringing producers and consumers closer together to support more sustainable ways of growing and eating is a key response to these issues both locally and globally.

• The right to food is a human right. Local government has a role to play in enabling access to adequate and nutritious food through our built and natural environment planning, governance, program and service delivery, and policies.

• Food security (the ability to access adequate safe, nutritious and affordable food every day) is inherently related to the determinants of health: access to housing, income, education levels, employment, social inclusion, gender, and transport.

12 The Role of Council

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Council alone cannot bring about the changes required to improve the health, sustainability and viability of our local food system. Council's responsibility is to act to pursue the vision and interests of our community, and provide civic leadership. Council may act in a range of roles, for example as a regulator, service provider, leader, advocate, facilitator or manager.

There are many services and programs that Council does, or may choose to, provide ‐ however there are also myriad issues which are outside of Councils' direct responsibility or control. Business, community, non‐government organisations, academia and all levels of government have an important role to play.

The Strategy is designed around four themes, areas where Councils’ contributions are most effective and necessary:

1. Building the capacity of our community…

Supporting the development of skills, knowledge and inspiration to make healthier and more sustainable food accessible for all through education and community development.

2. Planning, infrastructure and regulation…

Council assets, infrastructure, service delivery and statutory responsibilities are managed in such a way as to support a fair, sustainable and healthy food system (for example waste management, conservation of agricultural lands, and urban vegetation).

3. Good governance and targeted advocacy…

Leadership in Council’s own practice, undertaking research to provide a solid evidence base when calling for change at all levels of government, and maintaining coherent, simple policies to enable positive initiatives.

4. Supporting the local food economy…

Bringing producers and consumers closer together, building partnerships to grow the diversity and capacity of the sector, and celebrating the diversity of our regional food system.

13 Issues affecting the Illawarra by Theme

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There are relatively low levels of local fruit + vegetable production, and distribution is not localised

Producers need training, financial assistance and technical support

Retailers, restaurants, and individuals have trouble accessing local produce

Farmers are not well supported by research, investment, and FOOD extension services to enable a sustainable livelihood PRODUCTION + CONSUMPTION There is too much distance between farmers and consumers

Sustainable agriculture skills are not funded to enable farmers to respond to NRM and other challenges

Product prices do not reflect the true cost of production

Supermarket duopolies and corporatisation of the food system marginalises producers, creating unrealistic consumer expectations, and promoting wasteful practices

Cheap imports undermine fair food systems both locally and overseas International trade agreements which commodify food frequently distort markets, undermine food sovereignty, promote wasteful 'parallel trade' in identical goods

Food production and consumption is inherently yet unnecessarily wasteful Price and convenience drive food purchases

Distribution systems are not established, and favour transport to Sydney rather than local markets

Agricultural land is under threat from competing uses PLANNING + Future production value of agricultural land is under‐represented INFRASTRUCTURE

Transportation of fresh produce is expensive

There are conflicting priorities for resource management (water, natural resources)

The ability to interpret and apply controls or mechanisms to enable food security and food production is limited by State planning systems

Councils are expected to provide leadership in enabling food security and food sustainability GOVERNANCE + ADVOCACY Political leadership and policy support is essential to drive change

The State and Federal government should be urged to limit corporate control of food, and ensure that food labelling, marketing, retail and economic impacts are managed for the benefit of our community

There are no taxation incentives to farm

Extractive and other industries threaten agriculture: food production needs to be prioritised

State and Federal governments should be urged to enable Councils to protect prime arable land from development and extractive industries, and to create the planning mechanisms to enable this

There is a low level of food literacy in our community

Income, skills, knowledge, gender, age and other factors contribute to pockets of high food insecurity

Many people in the Illawarra have poor transport access to retailers

Access to land to grow food is an issue

COMMUNITY There is a need for training in basic skills, knowledge and values CAPACITY The Illawarra is home to above‐average numbers of people vulnerable to food insecurity, obesity and chronic diet‐related disease

Access to funding for community initiatives is often ad‐hoc or unavailable

Advertising and marketing of unhealthy food, particularly to children, requires controls

Affordability and availability of seasonal fresh locally grown food is poor

Community food initiatives and urban farming needs to be promoted, supported, resourced and celebrated in schools, public places and on private land

There is a low level of knowledge of local food production, and limited connection between producers and consumers

15 Strategy Overview

The VISION is for a vibrant, sustainable local food system that is resilient, prosperous, fair and secure.

The GOAL is to work in partnership and in keeping with our Community Strategic Plans to guide action and decision‐making across four key areas:

COMMUNITY FOOD PLANNING + GOVERNANCE + CAPACITY PRODUCTION + INFRASTRUCTURE ADVOCACY CONSUMPTION

Enable access to Grow the local food Conserve agricultural Provide leadership to healthy food for all economy and other lands for drive transformation

people of the Illawarra food production

Establish a solid Increase skills, Grow the number and Improve transport evidence base for OBJECTIVES knowledge and capacity of local connectivity change resources producers

Review planning frameworks to Improve policy Celebrate and grow an Connect local improve food security, frameworks to support inspiring food culture producers to local sustainability and local food systems health outcomes

Promote waste diversion, Grow our reputation as a Review and provide access Council leads by example food aid and rescue food destination to Council land for food across all business areas production Provide support and Facilitate access to land for Undertake research on the resources for school and emerging producers Audit existing local production and community gardens infrastructure to distribution story Provide support, training understand barriers to Participate in regional and mentoring for distribution and access Collaborate with agencies food security networks producers to ensure higher priority is Enable backyard chickens, given to present and Provide fresh drinking Support the development bees, water harvesting and future food needs in major water in public spaces of community‐based reuse planning decisions initiatives Increase access to Pursue conservation of Directly engage agricultural lands and other developers and agencies STRATEGIES culturally appropriate food Promote regional food

outlets to consumers, significant fertile land to improve food security Provide community hospitality sector and education on sustainable intuitions Establish targets for urban Develop simple internal food vegetation policies to enable Provide support to community food initiatives Encourage regional events improve sustainable food Waste strategies focus on to use local food production practices food waste avoidance Implement planning and policy to support food Collaborate to promote Encourage value‐adding security and sustainability healthy food and lifestyle and diversification

This Strategy is supported by an ACTION PLAN with specific priorities to achieve these objectives

16 About the Strategy

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The Illawarra Regional Food Strategy provides the policy position and overall framework for progressing food security and sustainability in our region. An Action Plan has been developed to identify a detailed suite of 114 actions, including those priorities which may be implemented regionally.

The Action Plan has been designed as an internal document, which will up updated annually, to inform decision‐making and resource allocation as part of the partner Councils’ normal business planning processes.

The differences in population, community assets, demographics, land use, economic structure, community priorities, revenue base and resource levels between Kiama, Shellharbour and Wollongong Councils will determine progress against other actions in each LGA.

With this in mind, the Action Plan has been designed to:

• benchmark the current status of activity in each LGA;

• identify actions which are Regional Priorities;

• describe the role of Council against each action;

• enable partner Councils to progress actions most relevant to their area;

• nominate a timeframe for each action; and

• identify additional resources required.

17 Theme 1: Building the capacity of our community…

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Supporting the development of skills, knowledge and inspiration to make healthier and more sustainable food accessible for all through education, program delivery, partnerships and community development. Recognising that the community may initiate change, which can be supported through creative collaboration.

Objectives • Enable access to healthy, fair, culturally appropriate food for all people of the Illawarra • Increase the skills, knowledge and resources to enable access to good food • Celebrate and grow an inspiring regional food culture

Strategies and Actions

Community education provides the skills to grow, prepare, harvest and store good food; encouraging regional events to showcase local produce; providing support and resources for school and community gardens; supporting the work of those agencies providing emergency food relief, and promoting food rescue initiatives to divert food waste from landfill; pursuing opportunities for people to learn more about healthy eating. Theme 2: Planning, infrastructure and regulation…

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Council assets, infrastructure, service delivery and statutory responsibilities can be managed in such a way as to support a fair, sustainable and healthy food system.

This includes our approach to waste management, the conservation of agricultural lands, availability of Council land to support local initiatives, and urban vegetation strategies.

Objectives • Recognise the role of regional food production in future planning through the conservation of agricultural and other suitable lands • Improve transport connectivity • Review planning frameworks to improve food security, sustainability and health outcomes

Example Strategies and Actions

Protect agricultural lands; conserve and make land suitable for food production available; establish targets for urban vegetation; facilitate the development of transport and distribution systems to move food within the region; audit existing infrastructure to understand the barriers to access.

18 Theme 3: Leadership, good governance and targeted advocacy… ______

Council takes on a leadership role in our own services and policies, undertaking research to provide a solid evidence base whilst calling for change at all levels of government. Maintaining coherent, simple policies will enable positive initiatives to thrive.

Objectives • Provide leadership to drive transformation • Establish a solid evidence base for change • Improve policy frameworks to support local food systems

Strategies and Actions

Undertake research on the local food production and distribution story; collaborate with other agencies and stakeholders to ensure a higher priority is given to food in major planning decisions; develop and maintain simple policies to enable community and verge gardens; encourage the emergence of regional food stallholders, suppliers and outlets by supporting training and compliance with food inspection and hygiene regimes.

Theme 4: Supporting the local food economy…

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Bringing producers and consumers closer together, building partnerships to grow the diversity and capacity of the sector, and celebrating the diversity of our regional food system. Finding opportunities to showcase our regional food to visitors and residents alike, and collaborating to support local employment and community initiatives.

Objectives • Grow the local food economy's viability in the horticulture, agriculture, restaurant, retail, accommodation, service delivery and training • Increase the number and capacity of local producers, distributors, outlets and access points • Connect local producers to local consumers

Strategies and Actions

Support the development of new and existing community‐based initiatives such as farmers markets; promote regional food to consumers, the hospitality sector and institutions; provide support to improve sustainable food production practices; market the region as a food tourism destination.

19 Implementation and Evaluation

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The Illawarra Councils' current level of activity and commitment to food security and sustainability has been benchmarked against a number of measures, and will be monitored over time.

These ambitions, strategies and actions outlined here do not necessarily require extensive resources to achieve. This Strategy offers a framework for improving the delivery of our core responsibilities, and delivering services, in such a way as to support regional food security and sustainability.

In turn, a focus on creatively working to improve outcomes in the regional food system promises to deliver significant economic, social, amenity, cultural and health benefits to our whole community.

The Strategy will be endorsed by each of the partner Councils, and progress will be reviewed annually to align with the Integrated Planning and Reporting Process. Staff from the partner Councils will meet at least quarterly to collaborate and discuss progress. Glossary

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Food security Most often, food security is described as the 'ability of individuals, households and communities to acquire appropriate and nutritious food on a regular and reliable basis, and using socially acceptable means'27. Food security can be understood both at an individual and community‐wide level. It can be as much about poor quality diet as it is about having sufficient food to eat. It's essential for an active and healthy life.

Sustainable food 'Sustainable Food' is an umbrella term describing an improved food system that is ecologically, socially, and economically just. Characteristics include fair incomes for producers, close links between producers and consumers, access for all people to good food, and practices which protect and regenerate our ecosystems and communities. A sustainable food system recognises that the wellbeing of our ecosystems and communities is paramount, and must be prioritised over corporate interests.

Healthy food Good nutrition can lower the risk of a range of health problems and chronic diseases including high blood pressure, heart disease diabetes, high cholesterol, obesity, osteoporosis, and certain types of cancer28. 'Healthy food' includes diets which avoid processed foods,

27 Food Security Options Paper: A planning framework and menu of options for policy and practice interventions, NSW Centre for Public Health Nutrition (2003), p. iv 28 NSW Government 'Live Life Well' 2012.

20 and are high in fresh fruit and vegetables, nuts and legumes, with lower consumption of animal products.

Access to food 'Access to food' is about the ability of people to find, get to, and use the food available nearby. This includes the availability of food that is fresh, culturally appropriate, safe, affordable, nutritious and sustainable. It is linked to walkability to local outlets, and reliable public transport.

Food safety 'Food safety' includes the regulation and practice of handling, storage, preparation, processing and selling food. It is a broad area covering everything from allergens (such as nuts or shellfish) to microbes; water quality to additives (such as flavour enhancers).

Food fairness The broad principle of ensuring that the food system delivers good working conditions, is ethical (for example in the treatment of animals), and is fairly priced for both producers and consumers.

Food system The 'food system' describes the relationships between a range of elements including: consumers, producers, distributors, processors, retailers, corporations, freight companies, warehouses, restaurants and regulators.

Ecological footprint An 'ecological footprint' is an holistic measure of total impact of a lifestyle expressed in land area. It includes energy consumption, water use, greenhouse gas emissions, biodiversity and other impacts. The average Australian's food consumption alone makes up over 50% of our total ecological footprint29. Ecological footprints also help us to understand the inequities of global consumption, in that if every person on Earth had the same lifestyle as the average Australian we would need another 4 or 5 planets.

29 ACF, Consuming Australia: Main Findings. Australian Conservation Foundation, University of Sydney and NSW Environmental Trust 2007.

21 1 Joint Statement

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Each of the partner Councils has outlined its commitment to the sustainability and wellbeing of our communities through their Community Strategic Plans.

This Action Plan describes how, in partnership with our community, we will work together over time to realise a vision for a vibrant, sustainable local food system that is resilient, prosperous, fair and secure.

It includes a framework to inform decision‐making and action across a range of areas where local government has the most immediate influence and control.

The development of this Action Plan has involved consultation with stakeholders in each of the partner Councils, collaboration with external agencies, analysis of the literature, and input from public forums and events.

2 The Role of Council

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The Action Plan is designed around four themes, areas where Councils’ contributions are most effective and necessary:

1. Building the capacity of our community…

Supporting the development of skills, knowledge and inspiration to make healthier and more sustainable food accessible for all through education and community development.

2. Planning, infrastructure and regulation…

3. Good governance and targeted advocacy…

4. Supporting the local food economy…

Bringing producers and consumers closer together, building partnerships to grow the diversity and capacity of the sector, and celebrating the diversity of our regional food system.

3 About the Action Plan

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The Illawarra Regional Food Strategy provides the policy position and overall framework for progressing food security and sustainability in our region. The Action Plan identifies a detailed suite of 114 actions, including those priorities which may be implemented regionally.

With this in mind, the Action Plan has been designed to:

• benchmark the current status of activity in each LGA;

• identify actions which are Regional Priorities;

• describe the role of Council against each action;

• enable partner Councils to progress actions most relevant to their area;

• nominate a timeframe for each action; and

• identify additional resources required.

Definition of Terms Used in the Action Plan Tables

Theme Where the partner Councils' impact has been identified as most effective and necessary

Objective Identifies what the Strategy is trying to achieve and measure

Strategy A statement of the broad area of work designed to achieve the objective

Action Specific activity, output or project to be implemented

Shaded Action Actions that will be implemented regionally, by each Council

Priority 1: Low Effort/High Impact 2: High Effort/High Impact

IMPACT 3: Low Effort/Low Impact 4: High Effort/Low Impact

EFFORT

4 Status Current: Council is active in this area Previous: work has been undertaken in the past, but is not current

Planned: flagged to be incorporated into future programs

Not Scheduled: not identified as a planned action

Council Role Leader: providing leadership through development and implementation of policy, plans, and Councils' own practice

Owner/Manager: acting in a role as the caretaker of public facilities, land, buildings, parks, reserves and the natural environment

Regulator: fulfilling statutory obligations to the community, Council staff, Council services and operations

Information Provider: disseminating information from Council, or on behalf of other agencies, to increase knowledge and understanding of issues or to inform the community of Council policies, decisions and activities

Advocate: representing the community interest on issues that need to be addressed by another level of government or agency

Initiator/Facilitator: Council assists in progressing issues of importance by bringing stakeholders together to work collaboratively towards an identified goal

Service Provider (external funding): Council seeks funding from another government department, agency or sponsor to provide a service appropriate to the goals

Service Provider (internal funding): Council directly funds a service or facility where it is a statutory requirement, or an identified priority

Co‐funder: Council collaborates to jointly fund a service or facility where it is a statutory requirement, or an identified priority

Time Frame Ongoing: to be delivered on an ongoing basis as part of Councils' core business Short Term: commenced within 3 years

Long Term: more than 3 years

5 Theme 1: Building the capacity of our community…

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Recognising that the community may initiate change, which can be supported through creative collaboration.

Strategies and Actions

Community education providing the skills to grow, prepare, harvest and store good food; encouraging regional events to showcase local produce; providing support and resources for school and community gardens; supporting the work of those agencies providing emergency food relief, and promoting food rescue initiatives to divert food waste from landfill; pursuing opportunities for people to learn more about healthy eating.

6 Community Capacity (C)

OBJECTIVE C1 Enable Access to Healthy Food STATUS STRATEGY # Action Priority KMC SCC WCC Council Role Time Additional frame Resources Required C1.1 1.1.1 Continue to maintain and distribute Low Cost 1 current current current Leader; Information Ongoing staff time + Promote Food Aid + and Free Meals Directory (LCFMD) Provider marketing costs Rescue 1.1.2 Directly engage organisations and businesses 2 not not not Service Provider Long Term staff time to use the LCFMD to donate excess food to scheduled scheduled scheduled (internal funding); local agencies Service Provider (external funding) 1.1.3 Seek opportunities to support and expand 2 not not not Service Provider Long Term staff time regional food redistribution services eg Oz scheduled scheduled scheduled (internal funding); Harvest Service Provider (external funding) 1.1.4 Facilitate access to funding, development, 2 not not previous Initiator/Facilitator; Long Term staff time partnerships to ensure the longterm viability scheduled scheduled Advocate of food aid services C1.2 1.2.1 Allocate staff time and resources to support 1 current current current Leader; Service Ongoing staff time + Provide support and community gardens Provider (internal project funding) budget resources for 1.2.2 Establish, review and develop fair and simple 1 current current current Leader; Service Short staff time Community Gardens processes and policies to enable community Provider (internal Term gardens on Council land and facilities funding) 1.2.3 Update and publish printed and online 2 current current current Service Provider Short staff time + directory of local community gardens (internal funding) Term marketing costs 1.2.4 Facilitate access to resources eg mulch, 2 current current current Leader; Service Ongoing no recycled materials, printing Provider (internal funding) C1.3 1.3.1 Promote, support and celebrate school 1 current current planned Information Ongoing staff time Provide support and kitchen gardens Provider; Advocate resources for food 1.3.2 Facilitate access to resources eg mulch, 2 current current current Service Provider Ongoing no programs in schools and recycled materials, printing (internal funding) child care centres 1.3.3 Promote programs to improve health and 3 current current planned Information Ongoing staff time nutrition in schools and child care centres Provider; Advocate

7 C1.4 1.4.1 Council is represented in regional alliances 1 current planned current Information Ongoing staff time Participate in regional and networks to collaborate on food security Provider; Advocate; Initiator/Facilitator networks eg Food Fairness Illawarra C1.5 1.5.1 Work towards making fresh drinking water 2 current current planned Leader; Ongoing no Improve availability of available in all public spaces Owner/Manager; Regulator drinking water 1.5.2 Audit and map existing drinking water access 4 not not planned Service Provider Long Term staff time points scheduled scheduled (internal funding); Owner/Manager C1.5 1.6.1 Provide resources to link consumers with 1 current current current Information Ongoing no Increase access to appropriate sources of culturally appropriate Provider culturally appropriate foods eg Traditional Foods Directory food for people of all needs 1.6.2 Work with partners to ensure older people 2 planned planned planned Initiator/Facilitator; Short no have access to culturally appropriate meal Advocate Term services

OBJECTIVE C2 Increase Skills, Knowledge, Resources and Inspiration STATUS STRATEGY # Action Priority KMC SCC WCC Council Role Time Additional frame Resources Required C2.1 2.1.1 Education programs promote food waste 1 current current current Service Provider Ongoing no Community Education avoidance, composting (internal funding); Service Provider (external funding) 2.1.2 Community education programs provide an 1 current current current Service Provider Short no analysis of the role of food and consumption (internal funding); Term in ecological footprint Service Provider (external funding) 2.1.3 Provide practical skills training to support 2 current current current Service Provider Ongoing project backyard, school and community food (internal funding); budget production Service Provider (external funding) 2.1.4 Ensure resources such as the GROW LOCAL 1 current current current Service Provider Ongoing printing costs guides are available to provide regionally (internal funding); relevant information on edible gardening Service Provider (external funding) 2.1.5 Sustainable food education includes practical 2 planned previous current Service Provider Ongoing staff time + themes such as cooking, preserving, keeping (internal funding); project 8 bees + chickens, garden design Service Provider budget (external funding) C2.2 2.2.1 Cross‐promote other initiatives via 1 current current current Information Ongoing no Collaborate with newsletters and food pages on Council Provider partners to promote websites healthy food, lifestyle 2.2.2 Collaborate with education providers to share 3 current current current Initiator/Facilitator; Ongoing no and eating programs to information, resources, promotion Information population Provider

C2.3 2.3.1 Use an asset based community development 2 planned planned planned Initiator/Facilitator Short staff time Identify key regional approach to identify people, places, initiatives Term assets and other key assets in the local food system 2.3.2 Create and promote a directory of community 3 not planned not Service Provider Long Term staff time + kitchens and public BBQs, ovens scheduled scheduled (internal funding); marketing Service Provider costs (external funding)

OBJECTIVE C3 Celebrate and Grow a Regional Food Culture STATUS STRATEGY # Action Priority KMC SCC WCC Council Role Time Additional frame Resources Required C3.1 3.1.1 Create and promote a directory of local 2 planned planned planned Service Provider Short staff time + Regional events producers, providores, retailers, stallholders, (internal funding); Term marketing Service Provider costs showcase local food caterers, distributors and other businesses focussed on local, traditional and bush foods (external funding); Information Provider 3.1.2 Council actively engages local food providers 1 current current current Leader; Ongoing no for its events and corporate hospitality Initiator/Facilitator 3.1.3 Work with local agricultural societies to 3 previous not not Initiator/Facilitator Long Term staff time expand the reach of the produce section to scheduled scheduled include local food displays and competitions; and to promote local farm animal diversity C3.2 3.2.1 Create or promote existing directories of local 2 current planned planned Information Short staff time + Educate consumers food outlets, farm gate trails, markets and Provider; Term marketing Initiator/Facilitator; costs about regional food hospitality providers Service Provider availability and (internal/external seasonality funding) 9 3.2.2 Facilitate food redistribution projects 4 not not not Information Long Term staff time including wild and roadside harvesting, food scheduled scheduled scheduled Provider; swaps Initiator/Facilitator C3.3 3.3.1 Wherever possible, good food will be a focal 2 not not not Information Long Term staff time People gather around point for enlivening public spaces and scheduled scheduled scheduled Provider; Initiator/Facilitator food bringing people together

10 Theme 2: Planning, infrastructure and regulation…

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Council assets, infrastructure, service delivery and statutory responsibilities can be managed in such a way as to support a fair, sustainable and healthy food system.

This includes our approach to waste management, the conservation of agricultural lands, availability of Council land to support local initiatives, and urban vegetation strategies.

Example Strategies and Actions

Protect agricultural lands; conserve and make available land suitable for food production; establish targets for urban vegetation; facilitate the development of transport and distribution systems to move food within the region; audit existing infrastructure to understand the barriers to access.

11 Planning + Infrastructure (P)

OBJECTIVE P1 Conserve Agricultural and Other Land for Food Production STATUS STRATEGY # Action Priority KMC SCC WCC Council Role Time Additional frame Resources Required P1.1 1.1.1 Undertake a review of Council owned and 1 current planned current Leader; Short staff time Provide access to controlled land to identify parcels suitable for Owner/Manager Term Council land for food food production production 1.1.2 Establish lease or licensing process to enable 2 not not not Leader; Long staff time emerging producers to establish new scheduled scheduled scheduled Owner/Manager; Term enterprises on appropriate parcels of land Regulator; Initiator/Facilitator P1.2 1.2.1 Pursue definition of agricultural land to 1 planned planned planned Leader; Advocate Short no Conserve land suitable include lots smaller than 40ha Term for food production 1.2.2 Ensure conservation of existing agricultural 2 current current current Leader; Advocate; Ongoing no lands Regulator 1.2.3 Zones are established for intensive 3 current current current Leader; Advocate; Long no agricultural industry, alongside appropriate Regulator Term guidelines and controls to support sustainable land use 1.2.4 Ensure impact on land and water resources 1 current not current Advocate Ongoing no for agriculture is considered when assessing scheduled or commenting on extractive industries (eg CSG)

1.2.5 State and regionally significant agricultural 1 current current current Leader; Advocate; Ongoing no lands are gazetted Regulator

OBJECTIVE P2 Improve Transport Connectivity STATUS STRATEGY # Action KMC SCC WCC Council Role Time Additional frame Resources Required P2.1 2.1.1 Integration of transport systems connects 2 planned current current Leader; Advocate; Long no Improve access to people to local and regional commercial and Initiator/Facilitator; Term Service Provider active transport for all retail centres where fresh food is available residents 2.1.2 Transport options for older, and transport‐ 1 current current planned Advocate; Ongoing no disadvantaged people are actively promoted Information and available Provider P2.2 2.2.1 Efficient and sustainable transport of 1 planned not planned Advocate Ongoing no Develop transport and agricultural inputs and outputs is raised scheduled distribution systems to alongside other issues when SCG and partner move food within the Councils meet with transport and region infrastructure authorities

OBJECTIVE P.3 Review Planning Frameworks STATUS STRATEGY # Action Priority KMC SCC WCC Council Role Time Additional frame Resources Required P3.1 3.1.1 Review CSP and Delivery Program to identify 1 current planned current Leader Short no Delivery Program for opportunities to progress priority Food Term the Community Strategy actions Strategic Plan supports food security and sustainability goals

13 P3.2 3.2.1 Pursue clarification of definitions 'agriculture', 1 planned current planned Leader; Advocate Short staff time Review the LEP and 'community garden', 'horticulture' in NSW Term DCPs to identify where Planning system food sustainability and 3.2.2 Pursue opportunities to minimise marketing 1 planned current planned Advocate Short staff time security can be better of unhealthy foods in public spaces and Term enabled within 200m of school zones 3.2.3 Ensure zoning reviews and definitions of land 1 planned not not Leader; Advocate Ongoing no capture future use, not just current value of scheduled scheduled productivity or existing use, using the precautionary principle to conserve land 3.2.4 Ensure minimum open space requirements in 1 current current current Leader; Regulator Ongoing no new development 3.2.5 Include reference to GROW LOCAL guides in 1 not planned not Leader; Regulator; Short no DCP Landscape and other relevant chapters scheduled scheduled Information Term Provider 3.2.6 Ensure town and village planning includes 1 current current current Leader; Regulator Ongoing no zoning for small retailers within residential areas

P3.3 3.3.1 Opportunities are sought when reviewing 2 current current current Leader; Long staff time Food waste strategies waste strategies to develop infrastructure Owner/Manager; Term Initiator/Facilitator focus on avoidance solutions to food waste management which and reuse return organic material to the soil 3.3.2 Food waste avoidance across all sectors is a 2 current current current Leader; Ongoing no key driver of waste strategy design Owner/Manager; Initiator/Facilitator 3.3.3 Council supports the introduction of beverage 1 current current not Advocate Long staff time container waste avoidance strategies scheduled Term

14 Theme 3: Leadership, good governance and targeted advocacy…

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Objectives • Provide leadership to drive transformation • Establish a solid evidence base for change • Improve policy frameworks to support local food systems

Strategies and Actions

15 Governance (G)

OBJECTIVE G1 Provide Leadership to Drive Transformation STATUS STRATEGY # Action Priority KMC SCC WCC Council Role Time Additional frame Resources Required G1.1 1.1.1 Policies to guide ethical, sustainable food 1 previous current planned Leader; Owner/ Short staff time Council leads by example procurement are developed, endorsed, and Manager; Term implemented across Council (service Information provision, corporate hospitality, corporate Provider gifts, etc)

1.1.2 Council facilities work towards food waste 2 current current current Leader; Owner/ Short project avoidance and food waste diversion through Manager; Term budget composting, bokashi and other means Information Provider 1.1.3 Council staff will use the LCFMD to identify 3 planned planned current Leader; Owner/ Ongoing no agencies who can accept food surplus to Manager needs following corporate events and meetings 1.1.4 Review plant lists in GROW LOCAL guides to 2 not planned not Leader; Owner/ Short staff time increase number of local native and edible scheduled scheduled Manager; Term species included in Council street tree and Service Provider landscaping lists (internal funding) 1.1.5 Council facilities actively discourage bottled 3 current planned current Leader; Owner/ Long no water by providing appropriate fresh water Manager Term access for staff and customers 1.1.6 Staff training is developed and delivered to 2 not planned not Leader Short staff time + support understanding and the capacity to scheduled scheduled Term project implement actions budget 1.1.7 Council‐managed facilities include 3 planned planned current Leader; Owner/ Long staff time + demonstration edible plantings Manager; Term project Service Provider budget

16 1.1.8 Council takes every opportunity to promote 3 current current planned Information Ongoing no and profile local producers and food Provider industries 1.1.9 Renewal of Council facilities includes 2 not not not Leader; Owner/ Ongoing no consideration of upgrading to include scheduled scheduled scheduled Manager; commercial grade kitchens Service Provider (internal funding) 1.1.10 Support integration of healthy eating into 3 planned current current Leader no workplace wellbeing program G1.2 1.2.1 Cooperate with other agencies to ensure 2 planned planned planned Leader; Ongoing no Engage in targeted higher priority is given to present and future Advocate advocacy food producing needs in major planning decisions 1.2.2 Call for the formation of a NSW Food Policy 1 previous previous previous Advocate Ongoing no Council to oversee integration of sustainable food and food security issues across whole‐ of‐government 1.2.3 Engage developers directly to encourage 2 planned planned current Initiator/ Ongoing staff time improved food security measures (drinking Facilitator water, breastfeeding, food waste diversion, packaging avoidance, access to land to grow food, water harvesting, healthy food options etc) 1.2.4 Call for a State/Federal review into the link 1 planned not not Advocate Long no between public health and the economic, scheduled scheduled Term environmental and social impacts of the food system G1.3 1.3.1 Engage in local, State and Federal policy 1 current current current Advocate Ongoing staff time Provide input into policy development processes which impact on development and reform regional food systems 1.3.2 Identify food security and sustainability as an 1 planned planned planned Advocate Ongoing staff time issue in relevant planning documents eg Catchment Action Plans, Regional Plans, etc

OBJECTIVE G2 Establish a Solid Evidence Base for Change STATUS STRATEGY # Action Priority KMC SCC WCC Council Role Time Additional frame Resources Required G2.1 2.1.1 Undertake a mapping project to analyse 2 previous planned previous Service Provider Short staff time Identify barriers to access to fresh food outlets within our (internal/external Term funding); accessing healthy food community Initiator/ within the built, social and Facilitator economic environment 2.1.2 Pursue partnerships to undertake 1 planned planned planned Initiator/ Ongoing no evaluation and other research projects to Facilitator; meet gaps in understanding Advocate 2.1.3 Benchmark the community's capacity for 2 not planned planned Initiator/ Short staff time action scheduled Facilitator; Term Advocate G2.2 2.2.1 Pursue partnerships to undertake research 1 planned planned planned Initiator/ Ongoing staff time Understand the local food to fill data gaps on local production and Facilitator; Advocate production and distribution story distribution story 2.2.2 Facilitate sharing of information between 3 planned not not Information Short no farmers, research bodies and agencies scheduled scheduled Provider Term 2.2.6 Assess the capacity of landholders to 3 not not not Initiator/ Long staff time + support natural resource management and scheduled scheduled scheduled Facilitator; Service Term project sustainable farming practices Provider (external budget funding); Information Provider; Co‐funder 2.2.7 Audit existing transport infrastructure to 2 previous planned not Leader; Service Short staff time understand barriers to distribution and scheduled Provider (internal Term access funding) G2.3 2.3.1 Include health and wellbeing indicators in 1 current planned planned Leader Short no Establish monitoring and Community Strategic Plans Term evaluation systems

18 OBJECTIVE G3 Improve Policy Frameworks to Support Local Food Systems STATUS STRATEGY # Action Priority KMC SCC WCC Council Role Time Additional frame Resources G3.1 3.1.1 Develop simple internal policies to enable 1 current planned current Leader; Short staff time Simple Council policies community gardens, edible street trees, Regulator; Service Term Provider (internal enable community food fruit tree groves on public land funding) initiatives 3.1.2 Ensure food inspection, hygiene and health 2 not not planned Leader; Short staff time regimes are not a barrier to innovation, scheduled scheduled Regulator; Service Term growth and participation in regional food Provider (internal activities for producers, stallholders and funding) suppliers 3.1.3 Clear and encouraging guidelines for 1 current current current Leader; Ongoing no responsibly keeping chickens, bees, other Regulator; Service poultry in backyards are available for the Provider (internal community funding); Information Provider 3.1.4 Review Waste Wise Event / Sustainable 2 current current not Leader; Mid staff time Event guidelines to ensure support for scheduled Regulator; Service Term sustainable local food, nutritional status, Provider (internal food waste avoidance, food waste diversion funding); Information Provider 3.1.5 Investigate regional licensing of stallholders 4 not not not Leader; Long staff time who move across markets and events, scheduled scheduled scheduled Regulator; Service Term coupled with centralised delivery of food Provider (internal handling training (free or subsidised) funding); Information Provider 3.1.6 Develop Verge Garden Guidelines 2 not not not Leader; Long staff time scheduled scheduled scheduled Regulator; Service Term Provider; Information Provider 3.1.7 Consider blanket DA, permit and licensing 3 not not not Leader; Long staff time process for fresh food vans, fruit and scheduled scheduled scheduled Regulator; Service Term vegetable carts, mobile food trucks to Provider (internal funding);

19 operate in designated areas to improve Information access to good food Provider G3.2 3.2.1 Pursue changes to planning mechanisms to 2 not not planned Leader; Advocate Long staff time Adapt planning and policy limit proliferation of unhealthy food outlets scheduled scheduled Term mechanisms to support 3.2.2 Establish targets for urban vegetation 1 not not planned Leader; Short staff time food security and (including edible species) and develop scheduled scheduled Owner/Manager Term sustainability strategies to achieve them

3.2.3 Pursue provisions for Councils to enact 2 not not not Advocate Long staff time rates frameworks which incentivise the use scheduled scheduled scheduled Term of agricultural land for food production 3.2.3 Ensure relevant Development Applications 1 planned planned planned Leader; Regulator Short no are referred to appropriate officers for Term review, and that review includes consideration of food security and sustainability impacts

20 Theme 4: Supporting the local food economy…

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Strategies and Actions

21 Food Production + Consumption (F)

OBJECTIVE F1 Grow the Local Food Economy STATUS STRATEGY # Action Priority KMC SCC WCC Council Role Time Additional frame Resources Required F1.1 1.1.1 Work with regional tourism and economic 2 current not planned Leader; Short staff time Grow the Illawarra's development agencies to build a case for a scheduled Initiator/ Term Facilitator reputation as a food food destination 'story', using images and destination profiles of local produce in marketing materials 1.1.2 Identify and promote opportunities to grow 2 current not not Leader; Long staff time industry 'cluster groups' or cooperatives to scheduled scheduled Initiator/ Term encourage economies of scale in marketing, Facilitator transport etc F1.2 1.2.1 Establish and support networks to grow the 2 current not not Leader; Long staff time Facilitate collaboration local food economy scheduled scheduled Initiator/ Term Facilitator between producers, 1.2.2 Pursue opportunities for agricultural 2 previous not not Initiator/ Long staff time distributors and diversification scheduled scheduled Facilitator; Term consumers Service Provider; Information Provider F1.3 1.3.1 Facilitate opportunities for financial 2 not not not Initiator/ Long staff time Facilitate access to institutions to engage with local food industry scheduled scheduled scheduled Facilitator Term funding and development representatives, use economic development opportunities expertise to promote the industry 1.3.2 Promote direct marketing and online 3 current not planned Information Ongoing no distribution networks scheduled Provider 1.3.3 Investigate the viability of establishing a pilot 2 not not not Leader; Long staff time mobile food van program as an incubator for scheduled scheduled scheduled Initiator/ Term new food businesses (see City of Sydney) Facilitator 1.3.4 Pursue opportunities to cross‐promote offers 1 current planned planned Information Ongoing no and initiatives led by other agencies Provider 22

OBJECTIVE F2 Grow the Number and Capacity of Local Producers STATUS STRATEGY Action Priority KMC SCC WCC Council Role Time Additional frame Resources Required F2.1 2.1.1 Create an area on Council's website for 1 planned planned planned Service Provider Short staff time Provide support, training landholders/producers, to include (internally Term funded); and mentoring for information about regional support services and a profile of the region's unique food Information producers Provider attributes 2.1.2 Provide subsidised or online food hygene 2 current not not Service Provider Mid staff time / training for local food stallholders and scheduled scheduled (internal or Term salary producers to enable participation in external budget opportunities to connect with consumers funding) 2.1.3 Provide support to improve sustainable food 3 current not planned Information Ongoing staff time production practices by referring producers scheduled Provider and landholders to education providers and agencies F2.2 2.2.1 Investigate opportunities to improve soil 2 current planned planned Leader; Long staff time + Sustainable Land and quality by returning food and organic waste Regulator; Term project Owner/ budget Resource Management to the soil as compost Manager; Service Provider; Initiator/ Facilitator 2.2.2 Work with regional NRM facilitators and 1 current not current Initiator/ Ongoing staff time other agencies to ensure the growth of the scheduled Facilitator; local food sector supports conservation Advocate objectives and actively improves ecological outcomes 2.2.3 Support the conservation of food biodiversity 3 not previous previous Initiator/ Short staff time by promoting traditional and locally adapted scheduled Facilitator; Term varieties of plant crops and animals Advocate 2.2.4 Water catchments are protected, water is 2 current current current Advocate Ongoing no made available for agriculture

23 2.2.5 Refer reports of bee swarms to local 3 current current current Information Ongoing no beekeepers to support pollination and honey Provider production F2.3 2.3.1 Investigate Council's role in supporting 2 not not not Initiator/ Long staff time Facilitate access to land development of the sector through referral or scheduled scheduled scheduled Facilitator; Term Information for emerging producers facilitation of partnerships between landholders and emerging producers Provider F2.4 2.4.1 Identify and promote supporting 3 not not not Information Long staff time Encourage value‐adding infrastructure such as commercial kitchens scheduled scheduled scheduled Provider; Term Service Provider and vertical integration and mobile processing units (internal funding) 2.4.2 Support emerging industries aligned with 2 current not not Information Ongoing staff time food strategy objectives to negotiate Council scheduled scheduled Provider; processes Service Provider (internal funding)

OBJECTIVE F3 Connect Producers to Consumers STATUS STRATEGY Action Priority KMC SCC WCC Council Role Time Additional frame Resources Required F3.1 3.1.1 Not‐for‐profit, social enterprise, voluntary 1 current current current Information Ongoing no Community‐based and other community‐based sustainable food Provider; Advocate; initiatives are supported initiatives are recognised and supported where possible Initiator/ Facilitator F3.2 3.2.1 Support the development of box schemes, 2 current planned planned Initiator/ Short staff time + Grow opportunities for farmers markets, farm gate sales and Facilitator; Term project Regulator; budget direct contact between cooperatives Advocate; producers and consumers Information Provider 3.2.2 Promote the use of local food in public 1 current current current Leader; Owner/ Ongoing no catering and events Manager; Information Provider 3.2.3 Promote regional food outlets to consumers, 1 planned planned planned Leader; Owner/ Short staff time restaurants, cafes and institutions Manager; Term Information Provider 3.2.4 Codes of practice exist for acceptable rural 1 not not not Leader; Short no land use and these are consistent across the scheduled scheduled scheduled Regulator; Term LGAs, with a focus on peaceful coexistence of Information rural land users Provider 3.2.5 Review consent for roadside stalls and 1 current current planned Leader; Short staff time develop policies to enable and promote Regulator; Term direct farm sales Information Provider 3.2.6 Coordinate, promote on‐farm events, local 4 not not not Initiator/ ongoing staff time + chef activities and celebrations scheduled scheduled scheduled Facilitator; project Information budget Provider 3.2.7 Engage the seafood sector to investigate 2 not not not Initiator/ Long staff time increased availability of local catch to local scheduled scheduled scheduled Facilitator; Term markets Information Provider

25 Monday 22 July, 2013 Tanya Buchanan Manager, Community, Cultural and Economic Development Division Wollongong City Council Dear Tanya Destination Wollongong is currently in the process of finalising our end-of-year responsibilities and preparing for our Annual General Meeting. As you aware, under our constitution, Wollongong City Council appoints four council- appointed Directors and one council-appointed Officer Director. Wollongong City Council is currently represented by Anita Mulrooney, Sue Baker Finch, Wayne Morris, Councillor Leigh Colacino and a remaining position, currently being recruited to. There is no term specified in the constitution for the service of council-appointed Directors. Over the past twelve months, significant time has been invested in informing and resourcing all Directors on the history and challenges of the past and establishing an ‘informed Board’ for future activities. We are now at the point where we are making strategically informed decisions. I am writing to request that Wollongong City Council consider extending the terms of the existing Directors for another twelve months to ensure that the momentum that has been created over the past year, is maintained. From 2014/15, I would request Wollongong City Council consider implementing a two year rotation for Destination Wollongong board appointees, commencing next year, with the replacement or re-nomination of two Directors, to ensure that the board can continue to function in an informed and pro-active manner. A similar action the following year, of the remaining 2 previously appointed Directors, would see a 50% rotation of council-appointed Directors. On behalf of Destination Wollongong I would like to thank Wollongong City Council for their continued support and look forward to an exciting 2013/14. Kind regards, Stuart Barnes Chairman Destination Wollongong

93 Crown Street Wollongong NSW PO Box 379 Wollongong NSW 2520 Phone (02) 4228 0300 Fax (02) 4228 0344 Email [email protected] www.visitwollongong.com.au

RENTALS – ILLAWARRA COMMUNITY HOUSING TRUST LTD

COUNCIL POLICY

BACKGROUND

Council assists the Illawarra Community Housing Trust Ltd with its provision of low-cost residential accommodation in Wollongong.

The assistance provided by Council is in the form of subsidised rentals for Council premises, which the Trust may use.

OBJECTIVE

To assist the Illawarra Community Housing Trust Limited in its provision of low-cost rental accommodation within the City of Wollongong.

POLICY STATEMENT

Council subsidises the rental payable by the Illawarra Community Housing Trust for its lease of Council- owned land and residential premises which it uses for the provision of lowcost rental accommodation in accordance with the provisions of this Policy.

1 Trim ref Z11/10617

STATEMENT OF PROCEDURES

The rental payable by the Illawarra Community Housing Trust for Council-owned land and housing is to be determined as follows:

1 RENT WHERE COUNCIL LEASES HOUSING

A rent is normally structured of the following components:

(a) Rent arrears and vacancy allowance - currently 2% of rent charged.

(b) Repairs allowance - $10.00 per week although it could be more on older properties.

(d) Council rates.

(e) Water rates.

(f) Land tax.

(g) Property insurance.

(h) Net profit - calculated by correlating the current purchase value with possible market rent, and this component reduces as other costs rise - landlords then defer profit via capital gains.

For Council to receive an economic rent, calculations must commence with the possible rent on the open market and deduct the following costs which are the responsibility of the Trust:

(a) Rent arrears and vacancy allowance,

(b) Repairs allowance, and

An example of this calculation would be market rent = $80.00 per week less:

(i) = $ 1.60 ) (ii) = $10.00 ) ie Economic Rent = $64.40 per week (iii) = $ 4.00 )

2 RENT WHERE COUNCIL LEASES LAND

In cases where vacant unimproved land is made available to the Trust for residential development, a lease be entered with terms as follows:

(a) Term of lease to be a maximum of twenty (20) years.

(b) Rental is to be $1.00 per annum.

(c) The Trust be liable for all outgoings associated with the property including municipal rates, water and sewer rates, sewer and water usage charges, electricity, gas, telephone, maintenance, management fees.

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(d) All costs associated with servicing the property with all public utilities are to be the responsibility of the Trust.

(e) Commencement of the lease to be the date on which lease documents have been signed by all parties.

(f) Development on the land to be completed within three (3) years.

(g) Upon the expiration or termination of the lease, the land and improvements erected thereon will be placed on the open market for sale by private treaty or public auction, unless otherwise agreed to by both Council and the Trust. The net proceeds derived from the sale will be apportioned between both parties based on the proportion of interest owned by each party in the property; the Trust’s interest being represented by the value of the improvements made to the land, with Council’s interest being represented by the value of the land, expressed as a proportion of the total value of the land and improvements.

(h) The proportions of interest as outlined in paragraph (g) above, to be determined by a member of the Australian Institute of Valuers, acceptable to both parties.

(i) The Trust will be exempt from the payment of the usual development and building fees associated with obtaining consents from Council to undertake construction on the land.

3 Trim ref Z11/10617

SUMMARY SHEET

RESPONSIBLE DIVISION Property and Recreation

DATE ADOPTED ON BEHALF OF COUNCIL 12 February 1990

DATE OF PREVIOUS ADOPTION(S) Not Applicable

DATE FOR REVIEW August 2012

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CAMPING ON LAND OWNED AND CONTROLLED BY COUNCIL

COUNCIL POLICY

BACKGROUND

Council maintains three camping sites within the City. These sites provide secure, well located and serviced camping sites at nominal cost.

Council does not approve of camping being undertaken on land controlled by Council which has not been provided for this purpose.

OBJECTIVE

To ensure the proper use of open-space land owned or under the care control and management of Council.

POLICY STATEMENT

Council will prohibit camping on open-space land owned or controlled by Council with the exception of land adjacent to Coledale Beach, in accordance with the licence agreement granted to Coledale Surf Life Saving Club.

1 Trim ref Z11/7030

STATEMENT OF PROCEDURES

There are no procedures for this Policy.

2 Trim ref Z11/7030

SUMMARY SHEET

RESPONSIBLE DIVISION Property and Recreation

DATE ADOPTED ON BEHALF OF COUNCIL 28 July 2003

DATE OF PREVIOUS ADOPTION(S) 15 March 1982

DATE FOR REVIEW August 2012

3 Trim ref Z11/7030 WOLLONGONG CITY COUNCIL 1 July 2012 to 30 June 2013 Original Current YTD Budget Budget Actual $'000 $'000 $'000 INCOME & EXPENSE STATEMENT EXPENSES FROM ORDINARY ACTIVITIES

Employee Costs 98,883 100,959 100,600 Borrowing Costs 3,286 3,308 3,367 Materials, Contracts & Other Expenses 83,973 84,189 78,604 Depreciation, Amortisation + Impairment 62,059 61,142 62,230 Internal Charges (10,532) (11,413) (10,888)

Total Expenses from Ordinary Activities 237,670 238,185 233,914 REVENUES FROM ORDINARY ACTIVITIES

Rates and Annual Charges 148,945 148,999 148,777 User Charges and Fees 29,818 29,587 29,899 Interest and Investment Revenues 3,499 5,686 5,431 Other Revenues 8,192 9,661 10,864 Grants and Contributions - Operating 19,413 19,938 29,107 Profit/Loss on Disposal of Assets 0 (1,230) (4,312)

Revenues [pre capital] 209,866 212,641 219,765

Operating Result [Pre capital] (27,804) (25,544) (14,149)

Capital Grants & Contributions 12,322 11,497 39,041

OPERATING RESULT (15,482) (14,047) 24,892 FUNDING STATEMENT

Surplus (Deficit) [pre capital] (15,482) (14,047) 24,892 Add back : - Non-cash expenses 78,529 79,080 82,164 - Restricted cash used for operations 8,818 10,149 9,586 - Income transferred to Restricted Cash (31,147) (33,251) (61,316) - Payment of Accrued Leave Entitlements (9,322) (9,621) (9,590)

Funds Available from Operations 31,396 32,310 45,734

Advances made by / (repaid to) Council (135) 15 20 Borrowings repaid (3,037) (3,293) (3,318)

Operational Funds Available for Capital 28,225 29,032 42,437

CAPITAL BUDGET Capital Works (68,793) (58,935) (53,945) Contributed Assets 0 0 (26,045) Transfers to Restricted Cash (1,750) (20,000) (20,000) Funded From :- - Operational Funds 28,225 29,032 42,437 - Sale of Assets 1,660 1,327 1,631 - Internally Restricted Cash 7,870 1,904 1,777 - Borrowings 1,750 20,000 20,000 - Capital Grants 5,210 6,511 5,841 - Developer Contributions (Section 94) 5,920 5,057 3,186 - Other Externally Restricted Cash 11,630 6,887 6,191 - Other Capital Contributions 317 1,013 27,654 TOTAL FUNDS SURPLUS / (DEFICIT) (7,961) (7,204) 8,727 CAPITAL PROJECT REPORT as at the period ended 30th June 2013

$'000 $'000 YTD Current BudgetExpenditure variation Program Expenditure Other Expenditure Funding

Asset Class:Roads And Related Assets Traffic Facilities 1,699 (1,607) 1,474 (225) Public Transport Facilities 348 (200) 261 (88) Roadworks 11,178 (1,627) 9,619 (1,559) Bridges, Boardwalks and Jetties 677 0 699 21

Total Roads And Related Assets 13,903 (3,434) 12,053 (1,850)

Asset Class:West Dapto West Dapto Infrastructure Expansion 6,317 (4,836) 5,748 (568)

Total West Dapto 6,317 (4,836) 5,748 (568)

Asset Class:Footpaths And Cycleways Footpaths 2,744 (1,277) 2,515 (229) Cycle/Shared Paths 2,492 (987) 2,486 (6) Commercial Centre Upgrades - Footpaths and Cycleways 3,712 (2,934) 3,473 (239)

Total Footpaths And Cycleways 8,949 (5,198) 8,475 (474)

Asset Class:Carparks Carpark Construction/Formalising 1,682 (486) 1,564 (118) Carpark Reconstruction or Upgrading 345 (25) 324 (20)

Total Carparks 2,026 (511) 1,888 (138)

Asset Class:Stormwater And Floodplain Management Floodplain Management 1,835 (1,255) 1,424 (411) Stormwater Management 1,165 (1,165) 1,091 (74) Stormwater Treatment Devices 23 (23) 11 (12)

Total Stormwater And Floodplain Managem 3,023 (2,443) 2,526 (497)

Asset Class:Buildings Cultural Centres (IPAC, Gallery, Townhall) 802 0 622 (180) Administration Buildings 1,396 0 1,290 (106) Community Buildings 8,109 (697) 7,633 (476) Public Facilities (Shelters, Toilets etc) 595 (40) 578 (17)

Total Buildings 10,901 (737) 10,122 (779)

Asset Class:Commercial Operations Tourist Park - Upgrades and Renewal 1,328 0 1,343 15 Crematorium/Cemetery - Upgrades and Renewal 180 0 181 0

Total Commercial Operations 1,508 0 1,523 15

Asset Class:Parks Gardens And Sportfields Play Facilities 718 (167) 706 (12) Recreation Facilities 357 (56) 324 (33) Sporting Facilities 1,041 (668) 998 (43) Lake Illawarra Foreshore 250 (100) 228 (22)

Total Parks Gardens And Sportfields 2,367 (991) 2,257 (110)

Asset Class:Beaches And Pools Beach Facilities 278 (25) 228 (51) Rock/Tidal Pools 239 0 235 (4) Treated Water Pools 633 (40) 576 (57) Total Beaches And Pools 1,151 (65) 1,039 (111) CAPITAL PROJECT REPORT as at the period ended 30th June 2013

$'000 $'000 YTD Current BudgetExpenditure variation Program Expenditure Other Expenditure Funding

Asset Class:Natural Areas Environmental Management Program 210 0 180 (30) Natural Area Management and Rehabilitation 180 0 180 0 Total Natural Areas 390 0 360 (30)

Asset Class:Waste Facilities Whytes Gully New Cells 1,153 (1,153) 1,216 64 Whytes Gully Renewal Works 272 (272) 244 (28) Helensburgh Rehabilitation 22 (22) 19 (3) Total Waste Facilities 1,447 (1,447) 1,480 33

Asset Class:Fleet Motor Vehicles 1,515 (792) 1,515 (0) Total Fleet 1,515 (792) 1,515 (0)

Asset Class:Plant And Equipment Portable Equipment (Mowers etc) 310 (30) 236 (74) Mobile Plant (trucks, backhoes etc) 1,493 (765) 1,433 (60) Fixed Equipment 157 (20) 101 (56) Total Plant And Equipment 1,960 (815) 1,769 (191)

Asset Class:Information Technology Information Technology 1,214 (45) 909 (304) Total Information Technology 1,214 (45) 909 (304)

Asset Class:Library Books Library Books 1,239 (9) 1,242 2 Total Library Books 1,239 (9) 1,242 2

Asset Class:Public Art Public Art Works 119 0 115 (4) Art Gallery Acquisitions 67 (42) 64 (2) Total Public Art 186 (42) 180 (6)

Asset Class:Emergency Services Emergency Services Plant and Equipment 21 0 16 (6) Total Emergency Services 21016(6)

Asset Class:Land Acquisitions Land Acquisitions 781 0 810 29 T otal Land Acquisitions 781 0 810 29

Asset Class:Non-Project Allocations Capital Project Contingency 1 0 0 (1) Capital Project Plan 37 (35) 33 (4) Total Non-Project Allocations 38 (35) 33 (5)

Asset Class:Loans West Dapto Loan 0 (1,300) 0 0 Total Loans 0 (1,300) 0 0 GRAND TOTAL 58,935 (22,699) 53,945 (4,991)

Commentary on Capital Budget

As at 30 June 2013, year to date expenditure was $53.9M of the approved capital budget of $58.9M which compares to the original forecast expenditure of $68.8M.

The below table provides explanation for the major variances.

Asset Class Capital Budget Variance Explanations Roads and Related Assets  Significant rain events impacted on program West Dapto  Stakeholder negotiations caused delivery delays Footpaths and Cycleways  Sydney water main replacement delayed main contract commencement.  Significant rain events impacted on program Carparks  Significant rain events impacted on program Stormwater and Floodplain Management  Significant rain events impacted on program Buildings  Significant rain events in June impacted on roofing projects Parks, Gardens and Sportsfields  Minor under expenditure of multiple small items Plant and Equipment  Minor under expenditure of multiple small items Information Technology  Customer Service and Corporate reporting (IPR) Systems deferred to 2013‐14

WOLLONGONG CITY COUNCIL WOLLONGONG CITY COUNCIL CASH FLOW STATEMENT CASH FLOW STATEMENT (cont.) as at 30 June 2013 as at 30 June 2013 YTD Actual Actual YTD Actual Actual 2012/13 2011/12 2012/13 2011/12 $ '000 $ '000 $ '000 $ '000 CASH FLOWS FROM OPERATING ACTIVITIES Tota l Ca sh & Ca sh Equiva le nts a nd Inve stme nts Receipts: - year to date Rates & Annual Charges 147,009 143,122 116,796 90,695 User Charges & Fees 28,014 31,672 Interest & Interest Received 4,793 5,771 Attributable to: Grants & Contributions 66,430 48,867 External Restrictions (refer below) 66,136 42,281 Other 9,646 14,489 Internal Restrictions (refer below) 22,207 18,984 Payments: Unrestricted 28,453 29,430 Employee Benefits & On-costs (89,998) (89,320) 116,796 90,695 Materials & Contracts (46,065) (48,556) Borrowing Costs (571) (17) External Restrictions Other (34,188) (33,678) Developer Contributions 11,759 7,359 Net Cash from Boundary Adjustments RMS Contributions 237 215 - - Specific Purpose Unexpended Grants 10,909 10,628 85,070 72,350 Net Cash provided (or used in) Operating Activities Special Rates Levy Wollongong Centre Improvement Fund - 234 CASH FLOWS FROM INVESTING ACTIVITIES Special Rates Levy Wollongong Mall 251 487 Special Rates Levy Wollongong City Centre 11 56 Receipts: Sale of Infrastructure, Property, Plant & Equipment Carbon Price 2,176 - Deferred Debtors Receipts 1,630 1,114 Local Infrastructure Renewal Scheme 18,791 - Purchase of Infrastructure, Property, Plant & Equipment 12 15 Unexpended Loans 12,877 16,062 Purchase of Interests in Joint Ventures & Associates (77,298) (61,983) Domestic Waste Management 6,408 4,116 - (150) Private Subsidies 1,883 2,401 Stormwater Management Service Charge 834 723 Net Cash provided (or used in) Investing Activities (75,656) (61,004) Total External Restrictions 66,136 42,281 CASH FLOWS FROM FINANCING ACTIVITIES Receipts: Internal Restrictions Proceeds from Borrowings & Advances Payments: 20,000 - Property Fund (252) (252) Repayment of Borrowings & Advances North Dalton Park Development - - Repayment of Finance Lease Liabilities (140) (291) (3,173) (2,759) Sports Priority Program 849 597 Car Parking Stategy 490 106 MacCabe Park Development 390 240 Net Cash Flow provided (used in) Financing Activities 16,687 (3,050) Darcy Wentworth Park 99 69 Garbage Disposal Facility 20,281 17,635 Net Increase/(Decrease) in Cash & Cash Equivalents 26,101 8,296 Telecommunications Revenue 279 589 plus: Cash & Cash Equivalents and Investments - beginning of year 90,695 82,400 West Dapto Development Additional Rates 71 -

Total Internal Restrictions 22,207 18,984 Ca sh & Ca sh Equiva le nts a nd Inve stme nts - ye a r to da te 116,796 90,695

WOLLONGONG CITY COUNCIL STATEMENT OF INVESTMENTS 30 June 2013

DIRECT INVESTMENTS Interest / Coupon Investment Body Rating Purchase Price $ Fair Value of Holding $ Security Purchase Date M aturity Date Rate FYTD (Actual) CBA Business On-line Saver A-1+ - - 11am 1/06/2013 30/06/2013 3.05% - NAB Professional Maximiser A-1+ - 22,081,126 11am 1/06/2013 30/06/2013 3.25% - Westpac Banking Corporation A-1+ 5,000,000 5,000,000 T/Deposit 8/03/2013 8/07/2013 4.42% - Bank of Queensland A-2 1,500,000 1,500,000 T/Deposit 30/05/2013 30/07/2013 4.15% - Westpac Banking Corporation A-1+ 5,000,000 5,000,000 T/Deposit 8/03/2013 7/08/2013 4.42% - NAB A-1+ 7,000,000 7,000,000 T/Deposit 27/08/2012 27/08/2013 5.04% - ING Bank (Australia) Limited A-1 5,000,000 5,000,000 T/Deposit 29/08/2012 29/08/2013 5.00% - Bank of Queensland A-2 4,000,000 4,000,000 T/Deposit 29/08/2012 29/08/2013 5.07% - Bank of Queensland A-2 5,000,000 5,000,000 T/Deposit 6/03/2013 6/09/2013 4.45% - Westpac Banking Corporation A-1+ 5,000,000 5,000,000 T/Deposit 8/03/2013 9/09/2013 4.44% - ANZ A-1+ 3,000,000 3,000,000 T/Deposit 30/05/2013 30/10/2013 4.35% - ING Bank (Australia) Limited A-1 4,000,000 4,000,000 T/Deposit 6/03/2013 6/11/2013 4.33% - NAB A-1+ 2,000,000 2,000,000 T/Deposit 26/06/2013 26/11/2013 4.19% - ING Bank (Australia) Limited A-1 4,000,000 4,000,000 T/Deposit 6/03/2013 6/12/2013 4.33% - NAB A-1+ 1,030,000 1,030,000 T/Deposit 20/03/2013 17/12/2013 4.44% - NAB A-1+ 3,000,000 3,000,000 T/Deposit 13/06/2013 13/01/2014 4.18% - Members Equity Bank A-2 2,500,000 2,500,000 T/Deposit 30/05/2013 28/02/2014 4.25% Members Equity Bank A-2 3,000,000 3,000,000 T/Deposit 6/03/2013 6/03/2014 4.35% - Members Equity Bank A-2 4,000,000 4,000,000 T/Deposit 7/06/2013 7/03/2014 4.25% - Westpac Banking Corporation A-1+ 6,000,000 6,000,000 T/Deposit 18/03/2013 18/03/2014 4.44% - ANZ A-1+ 3,000,000 3,000,000 T/Deposit 30/05/2013 30/05/2014 4.20% NAB A-1+ 3,000,000 3,000,000 T/Deposit 26/06/2013 26/06/2014 4.20% Westpacp on bondBanking with Corporation a $4M face value AA- AA- 5,000,000 2,000,000 5,000,000 3,060,000 T/Deposit BOND 10/09/2012 21/01/2008 10/09/2014 22/01/2018 4.75% 7.17% 0.44% St.EMERALD George ABank Mort Limitedg a g e Backed Securi AA-t AAA 5,000,000 956,474 5,000,000 646,908 T/Deposit M/Bac 14/09/2012 17/07/2006 16/09/2014 22/08/2022 4.86% 3.24% 4.95% g a g e Backed Securi t AA 2,000,000 1,253,266 M/Bac 17/07/2006 23/08/2027 3.54% 0.40% WestpacEMERALD Banking BCorporation Mort AA- 1,000,000 1,018,870 FRN 30/01/2012 9/05/2016 4.74% 6.87% Commonwealth Bank Australia zero M onthly cou Investment Body Rating Purchase Price $ Fair Value of Holding $ Purchase Date Return Annualised % p.a. FYTD (Actual) (Actual) Tcor p Lon g Term Growth Facilit y Tru s N/A 1,131,841 1,344,301 13/06/2007 -0.77% -8.92% 19.99%

InvestmentMANAGED Body FUNDS Face Value Security Southern Phone Company$ 2.00 shares

TOTAL 115,434,473 $2.00 g ular basis which can potentially extend the life of the investment. Current assessmentsp ate an anticiextension of life of the investment. This is to certify that all of the above investments have been placed in accordance with the Act, the regulations and Council's Investment Policies.

Brian Jenkins * The maturity date provided is the weighted-average life of the security. This is the average amount of time that will elapse from the date of security's RESPONSIBLEissuance ACCOUNTING until each OFFICER dollar is repaid based on an actuarial assessment. Assessments are carried out on a re Investment Income Compared to Budget 2012-2013

Investment Revenue - Actual 6,000,000 5,000,000 Investment Revenue - Net of Restricted Assets - 4,000,000 Actual 3,000,000 Investment Revenue - Net of Restrictred Assets - 2,000,000 Budget Dollars $ 1,000,000

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